A selection of recent media reports
Monday, 2 May 2011
(Reuters) - The European Union executive is considering allowing member states to reinstate some border cont
Reuters UK (01-May-2011)
Just one baby in five born in one NHS ¬hospital has a British mother, new figures have revealed. Of the 3,289 children born at Ealing Hospital, West London, in the past year, a remarkable 2,655 were to foreign nationals.
The Mail on Sunday (01-May-2011)
Meet the thousands of young men fleeing North Africa - with the UK (and its benefits) in their sights
Daily Mail (30-Apr-2011)
Britain could be plunged in to its largest asylum crisis for a decade because of the massive numbers of people fleeing north Africa, a think tank warned today.
The Daily Telegraph (30-Apr-2011)
Ninety per cent of illegal immigrants in the EU arrive through the Greek-Turkish border – and into the appalling conditions of its detention camps. Yet people keep coming, writes JAMIE SMYTH , Social Affairs Correspondent HANDS POKE through the bars, frantically waving at us to come closer.
Irish Times (30-Apr-2011)
IRELAND TRANSFERRED 10 asylum seekers to Greece since 2008 despite a call by the UN refugee agency to stop the practice due to concerns that refugees’ human rights may be abused.
Irish Times (30-Apr-2011)
HUGE numbers of refugees fleeing north Africa could plunge Britain into its biggest asylum crisis for a decade, a
Express.co.uk (30-Apr-2011)
HUGE numbers of refugees fleeing north Africa could plunge Britain into its biggest asylum crisis for a decade, a
Daily Express (30-Apr-2011)
I WAS once involved in an exercise with an internationally known company plan
Yorkshire Post (30-Apr-2011)
Eastern European immigrants who arrive under relaxed EU labour rules after Sunday should be mindful they integrate with Germany society, the government's integration commissioner Maria Böhmer warned Friday.
The Local (29-Apr-2011)
Denmark's strict immigration laws have saved the country 6.7 billion euros, a government report has claimed. Even though Denmark already has some of the toughest immigration laws in Europe, right-wing populist politicians are now trying to make them even more restrictive.
Spiegel Online International (29-Apr-2011)
They were expected to provide an exotic flavour to a regional music festival, inspiring audiences and local
Mail Online (29-Apr-2011)
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)
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)
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)
Record levels of overseas immigration, including foreign students and asylum seekers, have seen Scotland's popu
Expatica Uk (28-Apr-2011)
France and Italy want member states to have more powers to impose national border controls.
European Voice (28-Apr-2011)
There is a pretty village called Schengen in L
Mail Online (28-Apr-2011)
SCOTLAND’S population has soared to a 33-year high as immigration reaches record levels.
Daily Express (28-Apr-2011)
OFFICIAL British policy towards militant Islam has long been a deranged mixtur
Scottish Daily Express (28-Apr-2011)
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