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A selection of recent media reports

Migration count does not include ONE THIRD of foreign workers  At least a third of migrant workers in England and Wales are not included in annual net migration figures, a report has showed. Daily Mail (24-Jun-2011)

Illegal immigrant arrested on same train as Theresa May Decrease font size Increase font size Tweet Home Secretary Theresa May (Pic: PA) AN illegal immi Sunday Mirror (24-Jun-2011)

97,000 ‘HIDDEN’ MIGRANTS WHO WORK IN BRITAIN BRITAIN’S open-door immigration policy is allowing tens of thousands of foreign workers to take short-ter Express.co.uk (24-Jun-2011)

Netherlands Islam: Wilders verdict stirs up debate Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been acquitted of all charges in his hate speech trial i BBC (23-Jun-2011)

Politicians, not the law, must tackle Geert Wilders now Acquitted of incitement to hatred, only politicians can curb Gert Wilders's attempts to deepen G2 - Guardian.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

Geert Wilders has been acquitted; that he went on trial at all is a disgrace The trial of Geert Wilders has ended with the Dutch politician acquitted of inci Telegraph Blogs (23-Jun-2011)

Is David Cameron heading for his first EU bust up? Prime minister criticised by Germany and Brussels over bailout of Greece and immigration policy G2 - Guardian.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

Lady Cox's bill is not so controversial There is much to praise about this bill, but the failure to deal with unregistered sharia marriages is disappointing Guardian.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

Man sentenced to six years for city centre rape A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for raping a former sex worker in a Liverpool city centre flat. Police - Merseyside (23-Jun-2011)

TB screening assessed “TB screening misses 70% of latent cases,” reported The Guardian. The newspaper says that experts have called for a change to tuberc Lancashire Evening Post (23-Jun-2011)

Qatari student deported after £250,000 asylum seeker scam A STUDENT who claimed £250,000 in benefits while pretending to be an asylum seeker has been deported.  Mirror.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

David Cameron to fight EU plan that would land Britain with thousands more asylum claims BRITAIN may have to deal with  thousands more asylum claims under EU pl Mirror.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

¿Costa del Crime¿ gang who conned pensioners out of £20million to fund lavish lifestyles ) A gang of 'Costa del Crime' fraudsters have been convicted of prey The Mail On Sunday (23-Jun-2011)

LINGO ROW AS ETHNIC PUPIL NUMBERS SOAR ALMOST a million schoolchildren do not have English as their first language. Daily Star (23-Jun-2011)

CHILDREN ARE BEING HELD BACK BY LACK OF ENGLISH THE transformation of Britain into a fully multi-ethnic society is gathering pace, largely due to high birt Sunday Express (23-Jun-2011)

DAVID CAMERON SET FOR EU BUST-UP OVER ASYLUM DAVID Cameron is heading for a clash with Brussels bureaucrats today over a move that could force Britain to accep Express.co.uk (23-Jun-2011)

UK fears migrant influx as EU bids to break down border controls Brussels bosses want to tear up European Union immigration rules, leaving Britain vulnerable Mail Online (23-Jun-2011)

Cameron to challenge EU plan to amend asylum rule Downing Street unites with France to block EU plans to soften current asylum laws Guardian.co.uk (22-Jun-2011)

'Thoroughly dishonest and devious': Qatari PhD student deported after pocketing more than £250,000 in benefits - by pre.. A PhD stu Mail Online (22-Jun-2011)

Philippe Gandus who tried to snatch child, 3, in Hamleys sneaks back into UK A drifter who tried to snatch a three-year-old child at Hamleys toy toyshop was arrested aft The Mail On Sunday (22-Jun-2011)