A selection of recent media reports
The need to understand Your email address: Friend's email address: The Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones has been given the task of.. Spectator - Melanie Phillips (01-Apr-2011)
Italy threatens to let immigrants loose in Europe Description -- (ROME) - Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he may allow a wave of immigrants from North Africa to join... EUbusiness.com (01-Apr-2011)
European Union raps France over immigration 'Non' Description -- (BRUSSELS) - European Union immigration commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem warned France Friday... EUbusiness.com (01-Apr-2011)
Bulgarian bag snatcher Elenka Nikolova fined £500 A pensioner's bus pass was among the haul obtained by a Bulgarian immigrant who pilfered purses and handbags... The Courier (01-Apr-2011)
Labour still haunted by Gillian Duffy If Labour lost contact with the way many voters saw immigration, then how can it take the multiculturalism... Guardian.co.uk (Madeleine Bunting) (01-Apr-2011)
Is immigration policy killing the American Dream? By Katie Connolly BBC News, Washington It's a story repeated throughout American culture, in theatre, film and novels. BBC News; Isle of Man (01-Apr-2011)
Rising rage Looming local elections will be bad for Socialists and immigrants... The Economist (31-Mar-2011)
Immigrant jailed in cannabis ring A Vietnamese illegal immigrant who was promised riches if he manned a cannabis factory in Earley has been... Get Reading (Mike Pyle) (31-Mar-2011)
Request for Secretary of State to manage Slough schools after special measures move Geoff Howard, chairman of governors at Western House Primary School, Slough, has asked Secretary of State Michel Gove.. Maidenhead Advertiser (Terry Pattinson) (31-Mar-2011)
Immigration officers find person living in kitchen in Gwynedd UK border officers found a man living in a kitchen during an operation that saw two illegal immigrants arrested. Daily Post (by Owen R Hughes, DPW West) (31-Mar-2011)
Asylum seeker is arrested A TEENAGE asylum seeker who admitted lying about his identity and the death of his parents, after winning the... Wales Online (by Martin Shipton) (31-Mar-2011)
BENEFITS CLAMPDOWN ON HAREM MUSLIMS EXTRA state benefits paid to additional wives in polygamous marriages are to stop under the Government s welfare... Daily Express (Macer Hall Political Editor) (31-Mar-2011)
Fraudsters jailed for £140,000 injury law scam Six fraudsters were jailed last week for fronting a fake claims company that defrauded 19 personal injury law firms of. Law Society Gazette (James Dean) (31-Mar-2011)
Battle the bad news bearers, UK academy urged Paul Marshall, executive director of the 1994 Group of small research-intensive universities, said there was a risk... Times Higher Education (Hannah Fearn) (31-Mar-2011)
Only 25 granted asylum last year, lowest rate in EU JUST 25 asylum seekers were approved as refugees in Ireland last year. The number of successful asylum seekers has plummeted from more than 1,000 the previous... Independent.ie (30-Mar-2011)
EU migration chief urges states to help Italy Description -- (BRUSSELS) - European nations must step up efforts to help Italy cope with a massive influx of... EUbusiness.com (30-Mar-2011)
Illegal workers arrested at dairy SEVEN men have been arrested in a raid on a South Wales dairy. UK Border Agency officers went to the Dhaliwal Dairy... Wales Online (by Lisa Jones) (30-Mar-2011)
Thousands of migrants swamp Europe from Tunisia and Libya More than 6,000 migrants from North Africa are likely to flood into Europe after Silvio Berlusconi pledged to remove... Telegraph.co.uk (By Nick Squires, Lampedusa) (30-Mar-2011)
Canadian immigration proposes stricter marriage requirements For concise and recent immigration information watch our news. The Canadian government has proposed a new rule. Work Permit (29-Mar-2011)
Border agency raids wedding service A "bride and groom" have been led away in handcuffs by police and UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff who had raided a... South Yorkshire Times (29-Mar-2011)
Briefing Papers
Searchlight Opinion Poll 31 March, 2011
Their research highlighted a remarkable poll which found that only 12% of the public think that immigration has changed their local community for the better. Given that 11% are themselves foreign born this is a remarkably low figure.
A summary of their report by Migration Watch UK is at Briefing Paper No 10.24
Judicial Review in the Tribunal 30 March, 2011
A recent ministerial statement by Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, extends the process of bringing asylum and immigration appeals within the unified Tribunal system established under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
See Briefing Paper No 8.51 which is a supplementary document to Briefing Paper No 8.35.
Intra Company Transfers - Good for the employer, bad for the Treasury 21 March, 2011
Tax and National Insurance rules are heavily biased towards Intra Company Transfers (ICTs) to the dis-advantage of UK workers. This deprives the Treasury of revenue andencourages companies to use the visa system to replace UK workers on cost grounds.
Briefing Paper 3.15 appeared in Computer Weekly on 17 March, 2011.
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