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A selection of recent media reports

Cameron’s pledge too far
The immigration figures are the legacy of Labour's abject failure to control our borders.
Telegraph.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Net migration jumps 21%
The government's pledge to significantly cut immigration took a big knock today. New figures showed net migration, the difference be
ITV.com (25-Aug-2011)

Migration to UK rises by 21% despite coalition clampdown
European migrants arriving to fill skilled labour gaps or to study, while British emigration le
G2 - Guardian.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Roma campaigners dismiss Brussels' claim on evictions and expulsions
France and Italy among member states still breaking up camps and deporting EU citizens c
Guardian.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

NET MIGRATIONS INCREASES BY 21%
Plummeting numbers of people leaving the UK to live abroad and the influx of migrants from Eastern Europe led to a 21% increase in net m
Express.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Home Office: Monthly asylum application tables - June 2011
Summary: This release gives number of applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom in Jun
info4local.gov.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Net immigration up by more than 20%
Net migration to the UK rose by more than 20% last year to 239,000, official figures showed today. The increase from 198,0
The Independent (25-Aug-2011)

People smuggler who trafficked 62 illegal immigrants into Britain is jailed for three years
) A people smuggler made such vast profits smuggling illega
The Mail On Sunday (25-Aug-2011)

20% increase in immigrants coming to UK
The number of people moving to Britain jumped by 21 per cent last year in a fresh blow to the Government's efforts to curb immigr
London Evening Standard (25-Aug-2011)

Govt to be sued for axing immigration contract
The American defence company Raytheon, is suing the Government for 500m after they cancelled a contract for a new imm
PoliticsHome (25-Aug-2011)

Immigrant numbers RISE by 20% despite Government bid to slash numbers
) The number of people migrating to the UK soared by more than 20 per cent last year, according
The Mail On Sunday (25-Aug-2011)

Migration to the UK rose 20 per cent to 239,0000 last year, figures show
Net migration to the UK rose by more than 20 per cent last year to 239,000, official figu
Telegraph.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Net migration total up by a fifth
Net migration rose by 21% last year, with 239,000 more people arriving in the UK than those leaving, the Office for National Statisti
BBC News UK (25-Aug-2011)

THE LABOUR PARTY HAS DESTROYED OUR ASYLUM SYSTEM
MY great grandparents arrived in Britain at the turn of the last century. To describe them as being grateful to Bri
Express.co.uk (25-Aug-2011)

Immigration minister opens South West Border Agency offices
Immigration Minister Damian Green has been in Plymouth to officially open the UK Border Agency's ne
BBC News England (24-Aug-2011)