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A selection of recent media reports

Band on the run: Mistery of lost Nepalese choir They were expected to provide an exotic flavour to a regional music festival, inspiring audiences and local Mail Online (29-Apr-2011)

Sham Marriages Sham marriages a scourge. A means by which people traffickers and other criminals earn illicit fortunes. http://bit.ly/jEVrh0 Twitter - migrationwatch (28-Apr-2011)

France 'can't afford more migrants' The French mocked Britain for warning that tearing up EU borders would be a disaster. Look who's whingeing now! Daily Mail (28-Apr-2011)

"The Rhetoric of Closed Borders" This attempts to answer the question "Why are there so many illegal migrants?": The rhetoric of closed borders, by Giovann stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com (28-Apr-2011)

Scottish immigration at record levels Record levels of overseas immigration, including foreign students and asylum seekers, have seen Scotland's popu Expatica Uk (28-Apr-2011)

Commission told to tighten Schengen rules France and Italy want member states to have more powers to impose national border controls. European Voice (28-Apr-2011)

The French mocked Britain for warning that tearing up EU borders would be a disaster. Look who's whingeing now! There is a pretty village called Schengen in L Mail Online (28-Apr-2011)

IMMIGRATION DRIVING RISE IN SCOTLAND’S POPULATION SCOTLAND’S population has soared to a 33-year high as immigration reaches record levels. Daily Express (28-Apr-2011)

WE ALWAYS WARNED BRITAIN IS BREEDING GROUND FOR TERROR OFFICIAL British policy towards militant Islam has long been a deranged mixtur Scottish Daily Express (28-Apr-2011)

Stop meddling in asylum cases, unelected Euro judges warned by 47 countries Human rights judges in Strasbourg were last night instructed by all of Europe to stop Mail Online (28-Apr-2011)

Impact of Immigration on TB The Lancet at last raises impact of immigration on TB. Migrationwatch first raised it in 2003. See briefing paper 5.1. http://bit.ly/hchhbL Twitter - Migrationwatch (27-Apr-2011)

Wife jailed for £38k fiddle over husband A woman smuggled her illegal immigrant husband into the country and claimed almost £40,000 in fraudulent benefits af Express & Star (27-Apr-2011)

Population of Scotland at its highest since 1977 Reasons for the change included births outstripping deaths and immigration exceeding emigration by 25,0 Stv.tv (27-Apr-2011)

Scots population at 34-year high THE population of Scotland has increased to its highest level since 1977, with the Capital showing the largest increase, ac News.Scotsman.com (27-Apr-2011)

TB screening assessed "TB screening misses 70% of latent cases," reported The Guardian. The newspaper says that experts have called for a change to tuberc News.Scotsman.com (27-Apr-2011)

Sadly, I've been proved right. Britain IS a centre of terror. Tragically, our rulers can't see the truth Daily Mail 27 April 2011 By Melanie Phillips So now we are all finally able to see just why Britain’s capital came to be known contemptuously as ‘Londonistan’. Europe News (27-Apr-2011)

COMMENTARY: WAR MIGRANTS NEWS that hundreds of Tunisian and Libyan migrants have erected a ramshackle camp just a short walk from the Gare du Nord Eurostar termina Scottish Daily Express (27-Apr-2011)

Efforts to integrate Roma people are under threat from cuts Manchester has worked hard to help its new Roma population to settle into the community. But wil Guardian Blogs (27-Apr-2011)

NEW BACKLOG OF 25,000 APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM MORE than 25,000 asylum applications dating back up to five years are lying on immigration officials desks waiting t Scottish Daily Express (27-Apr-2011)

MIGRANTS COMMENT NEWS that hundreds of Tunisian and Libyan migrants have erected a ramshackle camp just a short walk from the Gare du Nord Eurostar terminal in Pari Scottish Daily Express (27-Apr-2011)