Tuesday, 5 April 2011


A selection of recent media reports

Concerns over foreign crime wave A foreign crime wave is sweeping Britain after arrests of migrants almost doubled in just two years. Telegraph.co.uk (05-Apr-2011)

ARRESTS OF FOREIGNERS DOUBLE IN 3 YEARS AS MIGRANT CRIME SOARS A MIGRANT crime wave has seen the number of foreigners arrested in Britain almost double in thre Scottish Daily Express (05-Apr-2011)

WHAT THE FOREIGN CRIME WAVE SAYS ABOUT BRITAIN ANYONE would think this country had a chronic shortage of homegrown criminals such is the determination of the pol Scottish Daily Express (05-Apr-2011)

ASYLUM JUDGE CALLS FOR LAST MINUTE ASYLUM APPEALS TO BE SCRAPPED The leading immigration judge has called for legal aid for "last-ditch" asylum seeker appeals t Sunrise Radio (04-Apr-2011)

France and Islam Even while French planes are bombing Gaddafi's forces in Libya France itself is debating Islam and its place in society. Tomorrow Jean-Francois Co BBC Blogs (04-Apr-2011)

Top asylum judge calls for 85% cut in last-ditch appeals The leading immigration judge has called for legal aid for "last-ditch" asylum seeker appeals to be s London Evening Standard (04-Apr-2011)

Curbing immigration will hurt economy | This is Money Immigration benefits the British economy and curbs will make us poorer, writes the director of the Natio Thisismoney.co.uk (04-Apr-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 wedding Spenborough Guardian (04-Apr-2011)

Missing: 75,000 asylum seekers IMMIGRATION bosses have admitted losing track of 75,000 asylum seekers. The UK Border Agency has given up on 40,500 people an Sunday Mirror (04-Apr-2011)

Half a million illegals to stay in Britain because staff are too busy to find them Cuts in border staff mean that more than half a million illegal immigrants are being Mail Online (03-Apr-2011)

Shaming the St George's Cross: Vile EDL thugs in 2,000-strong hate protest wear flag-coloured burkas to confront Muslims.. A demonstration by far-right group t Mail Online (02-Apr-2011)

European Union raps France over immigration 'Non' European Union immigration commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem warned France Friday it is on a collision cours Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (01-Apr-2011)

Press Releases


Cap on Economic Migration Will Have a Limited Effect 4 April, 2011

The Government’s cap on economic migration which comes into effect on 6 April will have only a limited effect on net migration in the medium term but it could become a barrier against future increases in economic migration. That is the conclusion of a paper published today by Migrationwatch.