Monday, 14 February 2011



A selection of recent media reports

Woman jailed over son's return An east London woman has been jailed for eight months for her "flagrant breach" of a High... Bearsden Herald (14-Feb-2011)

Italy-Tunisia migrant crisis highlights failed EU policy Description -- (BRUSSELS) - The EU, angrily accused by Italy of leaving it "on its own" to.. EUbusiness.com (14-Feb-2011)

Just one in five immigration offenders kicked out of UK Thousands of immigration offenders are being allowed to escape deportation every year,. Mail Online (James Slack) (14-Feb-2011)

Children were beaten and kept as slaves in pastor's London home A church pastor is facing jail after trafficking children into Britain and keeping them as... London Evening Standard (14-Feb-2011)

Jailing of Cumbrian restaurant boss sends warning IMMIGRATION officials said the jailing of a Cumbrian restaurant boss who employed... News & Star (By Staff Reporter) (14-Feb-2011)

Law centres face 55 per cent legal aid cut Law centres will lose £5m or 55 per cent of their legal aid funding under the government s... Solicitors Journal (14-Feb-2011)

Growth in key human rights battles Courts are dealing with at least ten key human rights battle every week since controversial... Telegraph.co.uk (By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor) (14-Feb-2011)

Tunisia rejects Italian call to send immigration police The Tunisian government has condemned calls from Rome to Italian deploy police in Tunisia to.. BBC News UK (14-Feb-2011)

Italian plea for help over Tunisian f lotilla Guy Dinmore ;Eileen Byrne By Guy Dinmore in Rome and Eileen Byrne in London An exodus of... Financial Times Print Edition (UK) (14-Feb-2011)

Thousands of illegal workers claiming benefits: Loophole in the law costs taxpayers millions 155,000 illegal immigrants qualified for sickness benefits and maternity pay Work and... Mail Online (James Chapman, Political Editor) (14-Feb-2011)

How ten human rights cases clog up our courts EVERY DAY More than 5,000 individuals including illegal immigrants, hedge fund managers, foreign... Mail Online (James Slack, Home Affairs Editor) (14-Feb-2011)

Ed Balls warns we're heading back to 1980s-style Thatcher cuts Ed Balls last night claimed Britain is sliding back to the 1980s of Margaret Thatcher. The People (Nigel Nelson) (13-Feb-2011)

Baroness Scotland's former housekeeper gets flight to Tonga paid for by the Government (and when she gets there she will.. Baroness Scotlands former housekeeper, Loloahi Tapui, returned to Tonga today on a flight... Mail Online (Mail On Sunday Reporter) (13-Feb-2011)

Pupils must not be forced to eat halal Church tells schools The Church of England has told its schools to ensure they are serving non-halal food after... Mail Online (Jonathan Petre) (12-Feb-2011)

Restaurant owner jailed THE owner of a Windermere restaurant has been jailed for two years for employing illegal... North West Evening Mail (12-Feb-2011)

One in ten of the population of Aldershot is Nepalese after an influx of Gurkhas One in ten of the population of a small Hampshire town is Nepalese after an influx of Gurkhas. Telegraph.co.uk (By Laura Roberts) (12-Feb-2011)

Illegal immigrants staying after claiming asylum Thousands of illegal immigrants caught in the UK are being allowed to stay after claiming asylum, figures show. Daily Telegraph (11-Feb-2011)

Italy appeals for EU aid as boatloads arrive from Tunisia Description -- (LAMPEDUSA) - Italy on Friday warned of a looming immigration... EUbusiness.com (11-Feb-2011)

Italy 'facing refugees crisis' Tweet Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said he has asked the EU to take up the matter at its. MSN News UK (pa.press.net,) (11-Feb-2011)

Sarkozy joins allies burying multiculturalism (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has declared multiculturalism a failure, echoing. Reuters UK (By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor) (11-Feb-2011)