Saturday 16 April 2011

A selection of recent media reports

Immigrant Numbers Soar In Britain
Britain's foreign-born population has reached nearly 7 million, 11 percent of the total, government figures show.
OfficialWire (15-Apr-2011)

Sham marriage fixer who tried to wed Nigerian man and Dutch lesbian jailed for three years
A Ugandan man who organised a sham marriage between a Nigerian man and a Dut
Mail Online (15-Apr-2011)

Hospitals spend £15million on interpreters
EXCLUSIVE: Hospitals in London have spent at least £15million on interpreters, the Standard reveals today.
London Evening Standard (15-Apr-2011)

Daily View: Reactions to Cameron's immigration speech
Commentators react to David Cameron's speech about immigration • Read the speech in full The associa
BBC Blogs (15-Apr-2011)

One in every eight people now living in UK was born abroad
Tories warn Labour's 'spineless and futile' attempts to control immigration have left a 'grave situ
Mail Online (15-Apr-2011)

Jail term for Essex sham marriage fixer
A man who arranged a sham marriage at a church in Essex has been jailed for three years.
BBC News England (15-Apr-2011)

London doesn't work without immigrant workers
It's relatively unusual to get served by a Brit in a London restaurant these days. Yet your table is rarely more than
London Evening Standard (15-Apr-2011)

Switzerland has decided to tighten restrictions for job-seekers from Bulgaria and Romania
Switzerland has decided to tighten restrictions for job-seekers from Bulgaria and its northern neighbor Romania right after the Dutch closed the door on them.
Balkans.com Business News (15-Apr-2011)

UK lags in fight against trafficking
The UK is less effective than Albania and Taiwan at protecting victims of human trafficking, a report has claimed.
The Scotsman (15-Apr-2011)

Sponsored by Honesty over immigration
FOR too long, politicians of all major British parties have been scared to discuss immigration. The results of this se
Yorkshire Post (15-Apr-2011)