60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention 20 June, 2011 The following comment can be attributed to Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK. "The situation has changed beyond recognition since the Refugee Convention was signed 60 years ago. There is now widespread abuse. Over half of all applicants in the UK only claim when detected. Nearly two thirds (60%) of all cases decided in the last five years were rejected after a long and expensive legal process but less than half of them are being removed. Those, like ourselves, who are serious about genuine refugees must be equally serious about removing asylum seekers who turn out to be bogus if public support for the system is to be sustained." Notes to Editors: 1 Claims when detected 2 Outcome of Cases 3 Numbers removed
A selection of recent media reports
Press Releases
Monday, 20 June 2011
An illegal immigrant has slashed his throat while he was being deported on a plane. The man is receiving treatment in ho
Press Association (20-Jun-2011)
Frank Field, the former Labour Minister brought in to advise the Coalition last year, has said that nine in ten jobs in Britain are taken up by immigrants in Britain.
Irish Sun (20-Jun-2011)
The Liberal Democrats are preventing David Cameron from taking tougher action on immigration and stripping the workshy of
Express.co.uk (20-Jun-2011)
David Cameron has said a Conservative government led by him would have been tougher on immigration contro
BBC News UK (20-Jun-2011)
Cameron says the Tories would be tougher on immigration and welfare if they weren't in coalition.
New Statesman (20-Jun-2011)
Three members of an Italy-based criminal gang believed to have facilit
News Distribution Services (20-Jun-2011)
Ed Miliband has put ‘responsibility' at the heart of Labour's agenda. On the critical issues which define it, the party has its work
Progress (20-Jun-2011)
) Almost nine out of ten jobs created since the election went to immigrants
The Mail On Sunday (20-Jun-2011)
Judges have made an unprecedented attack on the ‘wholly abusive’ way that immigrants are exploitin
Mail Online (20-Jun-2011)
David Cameron's plans to reform welfare are not radical enough as they do not punish the work-shy or reward those who have c
Telegraph.co.uk (19-Jun-2011)
) Alex Salmond's bid to open Scotland's b
The Mail On Sunday (19-Jun-2011)
A number of senior ministers are ready to back calls for changes in the law whic
Telegraph.co.uk (19-Jun-2011)
A serial criminal has beaten deportation under laws guaranteeing his "right to family life",
Telegraph.co.uk (18-Jun-2011)
HAVE you heard the one about the Sri Lankan robber with a girlfriend in Britain, the Iraqi killer who is a danger to people in his
Scottish Daily Express (18-Jun-2011)
Aussies deport sex beast A rapist who imprisoned his victim in a Silence of the Lambs-style dungeon is being deporte
Mirror.co.uk (18-Jun-2011)
Shadow cabinet member John Denham says YouGov/Demos poll shows Labour can win support in southern En
G2 - Guardian.co.uk (18-Jun-2011)
Six weeks ago, David Cameron was in a formidably strong position. Despite having begun to make painful but necessary
Mail Online (18-Jun-2011)
THE number of Romanians seeking jobs in Britain has more than trebled in a year.
Scottish Daily Express (18-Jun-2011)
THOUSANDS of foreign criminals, failed asylum seekers and “benefit tourists” cannot be kicked out of Britain because
Daily Star (18-Jun-2011)
Ipsos-MORI What PB regulars will know is my favourite non-voting intention poll of the month - the Ipsos-MORI iss
Political Betting (17-Jun-2011)
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