A selection of recent media reports
Amy: new deportation bid fails A father has hit out at the decision to block a legal attempt to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed his daughter in Blackburn. Aso Mohammed Ibrahim, an Iraqi Kurd. Buxton Advertiser (04-Mar-2011)
Border Agency worker jailed after writing fake letters that allowed asylum seekers to stay in UK A UK Border Agency worker has been jailed for two years after faking letters allowing asylum seekers to stay in the UK. Maryam Javaid abused her position as an... Mail Online (Stian Alexander) (04-Mar-2011)
Jack Straw calls for immigration hearing law change Former Home Secretary Jack Straw has called for judges to be able to hear from victims in immigration hearings. BBC News England (04-Mar-2011)
The left has lost the debate on immigration And it only has itself to... New Statesman (Dan Hodges) (04-Mar-2011)
Immigration worker Maryam Javaid jailed after forging paperwork Maryam Javaid, 24, abused her position as an admin assistant to produce the bogus letters giving seven foreign nationals the right to stay in the... This is Croydon Today (A MARRIED mum-of-three who created fake documents for illegal immigrants while working for the UK Border Agency has been locked up for two years.) (04-Mar-2011)
European rules 'will open Britain to thousands of benefit tourists' TENS of thousands of migrants could be able to claim a raft of benefits and work in the UK without registering when a controversial new European rule comes into force in a few.. The Scotsman (By Andrew Whitaker) (04-Mar-2011)
EU ALLOWS MIGRANTS TO GET FULL BENEFITS BRITAIN is being forced to let eastern European immigrants claim full benefits under an EU... Daily Star (Gary Nicks, Political Editor) (04-Mar-2011)
£250 A WEEK FOR EVERY MIGRANT IMMIGRANTS from eastern Europe will soon be able to claim taxpayer-funded benefits totalling tens of millions of pounds a year thanks to European Union rules, it emerged last... Express.co.uk (By Macer Hall, Political Editor) (04-Mar-2011)
Multiculturalism and national identity David Miliband is not strictly correct when he says that the third of the population who class themselves as ambivalent on the issue of multiculturalism identify with (, 28... Guardian.co.uk (04-Mar-2011)
Arsonist asylum seeker facing deportation AN ASYLUM seeker is facing deportation after he burned down his flat, causing £34,000 of damage. Ahmed Ali (23), an Iranian Kurd, had been given the flat by Rotherham... Rotherham Advertiser (Admin) (04-Mar-2011)
Immigration: What to do about Labours Enduring Legacy to Britain Immigration on Labours watch reached a total of 3.2 million - the highest ever in numerical terms and the largest in relation to population for over a thousand years. eGov Monitor (By Alp Mehmet, Advisory Council Migration Watch) (04-Mar-2011)
THE EU UNLEASHES ANOTHER EXPENSIVE INVASION UPON US THE cowardice and deceitfulness of Britains ruling elite has reached an intolerable... Scottish Daily Express (Leo McKinstry) (04-Mar-2011)
Foreign students to keep work rights after U-turn by Ministers Tens of thousands of foreign students are to keep their right to work in Britain following a government climbdown. Ministers had wanted to scrap a rule that allows students to. Mail Online (Jack Doyle) (03-Mar-2011)
EU MADNESS: 100,000 EASTERN EUROPEANS WILL BE ENTITLED TO CLAIM OUR BENEFITS EUROPEAN law changes will, within weeks, allow thousands of migrants from the former Soviet bloc to claim a range of benefits and work in the UK without... Express.co.uk (03-Mar-2011)
MPs' fury as EU scraps migrant benefit curbs David Cameron faced renewed calls for a referendum on Britain's EU membership today after it emerged that benefit restrictions on former Soviet-bloc migrants are set to.. London Evening Standard (03-Mar-2011)
New recommendations to raise UK shortage occupation list to higher skills level The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has today recommended that eight job titles be removed from the UK shortage occupation... News Distribution Services (03-Mar-2011)
More Europe migrants to gain access to full UK benefits Migrants from the eight countries which joined the EU in 2004 will be able to claim full benefits in the UK for the first time from May. Estimates in The Times suggest as many. BBC News UK (03-Mar-2011)
Julie Burchill: Give me the brave trades unions over the bigoted politics of diversity any day I am very much a creature of the Left. My mother was a cleaner, shop worker and factory hand while my father worked in a distillery (mmm... distilleries!) and later as a... The Independent (03-Mar-2011)
Fears over 'benefit tourism' as migration restriction ends Migrant workers picking tomatoes European law changes will, within weeks, allow thousands of migrants from the former Soviet bloc to claim a range of benefits and work in the.. 24Dash.com (Ross Macmillan) (03-Mar-2011)
New Eastern European 'benefit tourism' fears after safeguards scrapped Tens of thousands of Eastern European migrants will be able to claim increased benefits in Britain within weeks because the government is being forced to scrap safeguards on... Telegraph.co.uk (By Andrew Hough, and Tom Whitehead) (03-Mar-2011)
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