Asylum seekers 'lost without trace' ONE IN 7 ASYLUM SEEKERS ON RUN Scrap bonus for UK Border Agency chief, MPs say Asylum seeker jailed over benefits Sham marriage exposed... after bride-to-be caught in bed with another man on eve of wedding DENYING AN ETHNIC LINK IN SEX GANGS CASE IS BLINKERED UK authorities 'concerned' about mass emigration from Ireland ISLAM THREATENS OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY SAY FRENCH AND GERMANS Latvian travels 1,500miles to squat in Britain because it's an 'easy touch'... and ends up living in a £10m mansion Calls for action over sex gangs Islam seen as 'a threat' to national identity by almost half of French and Germans Urgent Action Needed On Bogus Students Says Report. Cost to taxpayer approaches £500 million a year. 6 January, 2011 Much stricter controls on students coming to the UK are called for in a new paperout today from think-tank MigrationWatch. The paper points out that, despite more than a ¼ million ‘students’ arriving every year under the Points Based System (PBS), there are no interviews before a visa is issued and no checks are made on their departure. Based on Home Office research, the paper estimates that about 32,000 a year join the illegal workforce. In practice, this means that these overstayers are very likely to displace British workers giving rise to substantial hidden costs in the region of £500 million a year. The number of student arrivals doubled between 2001 and 2008 to 175,000. By March 2010, the year after the introduction of the PBS for students, the total increased dramatically to 235,000. Student applications from Nepal increased by more than 1000%, from Bangladesh by over 300% and from India by 88%. The paper recognises the benefits to the UK of genuine students. They provide revenue for British colleges and associated employment; their expenditure on living costs is a benefit to the economy and to the balance of payments; they add to the variety and energy of the student population and, on return, they have an understanding of our language and culture that will influence them for the rest of their lives. ‘However, problems arise when a "student’s" real intention is to remain in Britain and work illegally. Some do not even turn up to begin their courses, others stay on afterwards. Here, the balance is quite different’, said Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green. ‘By working illegally they take a job that would otherwise be available for a British worker who remains unemployed. The cost to the taxpayer of benefits for the extra unemployed could approach £500 million a year. Such illegal workers also tend to hold down wages at the lower end and enable unscrupulous employers to compete unfairly with honest employers who offer decent wages and conditions’ ‘The 2.5 million who are now unemployed have a right to expect that the government will clamp down on bogus students who are taking jobs that should be available to them,’ he said.
A selection of recent media reports
At least 60,000 asylum seekers will be lost without trace as the UK...
Guardian.co.uk (11-Jan-2011)
BRITAIN S border chiefs have been slammed in a scathing report today which...
Express.co.uk (By Anil Dawar) (11-Jan-2011)
Home affairs select committee says agency head should not be paid more than...
Guardian.co.uk (Alan Travis) (11-Jan-2011)
An asylum seeker who claimed she had been gang-raped in Somalia has...
Press Association (10-Jan-2011)
This is the first picture of a blushing bride who was rumbled on the eve of...
Mail Online (Daily Mail Reporter) (10-Jan-2011)
THE hypocrisy of the politically correct brigade is truly nauseating.
Scottish Daily Express (Leo McKinstry) (10-Jan-2011)
Ireland 'not providing employment opportunities for graduates' MASS emigration from Ireland over the coming year has been identified as a key concern to UK authorities in a policy document drawn up to examine the future of immigration into...
Sunday Tribune (09-Jan-2011)
ISLAM is considered a threat by millions of French and Germans and most...
Express.co.uk (By Peter Allen) (07-Jan-2011)
A Latvian artist who moved to the UK after hearing how easy it was to live here for free ended up in a multi-million mansion.
Daily Mail (06-Jan-2011)
Date published: 06 January 2011 An investigation by The Times into the...
Rochdale Online (06-Jan-2011)
Islam is considered a 'threat' by millions of French and Germans, with the...
Mail Online (Peter Allen) (06-Jan-2011)Press Releases
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