Saturday, 14 May 2011

A selection of recent media reports

Are borders stronger than the common European cause?
Passport control will be reestablished on the internal borders of the Schengen area. EU Ministers of the Interior have approved this initiative by an overwhelming majority of votes.
The Voice of Russia (13-May-2011)

EU criticises Danish border move
Dark clouds at the German-Danish border today. Denmark has introduced controls at its borders to Germany and Sweden in what it says is a necessary step against organised crime.
MSN News Ireland (13-May-2011)

Cracks widen in Europe's dream of unity
Description -- (BRUSSELS) - With Europe's open borders closing, bailouts turning north against south and nation
EUbusiness.com (13-May-2011)

UK Border Agency Not Effective In Using Intelligence And Has Failed To Follow Official Guidance Says Independent Report
The UK Broder Agency is not using intellig
eGov Monitor (13-May-2011)

Mum guilty of baby murder
A Lithuanian immigrant who murdered her newly-born son in Scotland by suffocating him with clingfilm is facing extradition over
Evening Times (13-May-2011)

Mass immigration from Africa 'could create a full-scale crisis'
Britain has warned against a "full-scale immigration crisis" at the heart of Europe as EU countr
London Evening Standard (13-May-2011)

Lifting Londoners out of the poverty trap
The paradox of London is that it has considerable poverty as well as areas of considerable wealth. The reality of
London Evening Standard (13-May-2011)

Six illegal factory workers arrested in Leicester
Six illegal workers have been arrested by UK Border Agency officers during a raid on a Leicester clothing factor
BBC News England (13-May-2011)

Mass immigration ‘has made the UK’s poor even poorer’
Ministers drew a link for the first time yesterday between large-scale immigration and rising levels of p
Mail Online (13-May-2011)

SHOWDOWN AT EU AS THERESA MAY INSISTS WE WON'T TAKE ANY MORE IMMIGRANTS
THERESA May last night told European Union chiefs that Britain will not accept a fresh wav
Daily Express (13-May-2011)

WE NEED 420 NEW SCHOOLS A YEAR TO COPE WITH MIGRANTS
THE schools system is on the brink of a massive crisis because of an explosion in pupil numbers resulting from
Daily Express (13-May-2011)

UK Border Agency criticised over intelligence use
By Dominic Casciani There are failings in the way the UK Border Agency uses intelligence to tackle illegal
BBC News; Isle of Man (12-May-2011)

Q+A - Is unrestricted travel within Europe about to end?
(Reuters) - Mounting concern over an influx of illegal immigrants from North Africa is fuelling deb
Reuters UK (12-May-2011)

To vote, or not to vote?
Danes face a possible early election, with immigration again a big issue
The Economist (12-May-2011)

EU consensus to revamp Schengen travel area
Description -- Photo © Yahia LOUKKA (BRUSSELS) - European interior ministers reached consensus Thursday on a pl
EUbusiness.com (12-May-2011)

The challenge of demographic change
There may be a lot of debate about what the “big society” means, but there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on: we live in a big
The Spectator (12-May-2011)

Denmark brings in strict border controls to crack down on illegal immigrants from North Africa
Denmark yesterday joined an increasing number of European count
Mail Online (12-May-2011)

Raid catches seven illegal staff at Wellingborough firm
Seven illegal workers from India and Pakistan have been caught in a UK Border Agency raid in Northampton
BBC News England (12-May-2011)

City uni hit by abuse of visa scheme
Immigration Minister Damian Green has admitted there may be widespread abuses of a visa scheme that provides foreign student
Evening Times (12-May-2011)

EU studies plan to change Schengen border treaty
EU home affairs ministers are meeting to consider controversial proposals to change Europe's 25-nation Schengen
BBC News; Isle of Man (12-May-2011)