Wednesday, 31 August 2011




A selection of recent media reports

Germany introduces biometric cards for foreigners In a bid to prevent identity fraud, Germany is digitalizing its residence permits for non-EU citizens. Instead of a paper document, they'll be given a new biometric chip card - shaped like a credit card. Deutsche Welle (30-Aug-2011)

A Third Of Youth Lags Are Foreign A third of criminals entering Britain's top youth jail last year were foreign, it was revealed yesterday. More than 2,000 cro Security Oracle (30-Aug-2011)

Britain hit by brain drain Britain has been hit by one of the worst brain drains in history, as a million qualified citizens now live in other countries like the US, Australia and Germany, a new report has said. Irish Sun (30-Aug-2011)

Britons staying put British people are emigrating at the lowest rate since the 1990s, a Migration Watch report has said. The figures threaten Government attemp PoliticsHome (30-Aug-2011)

Emigrating Britons down by almost half in five years The number of Britons leaving the UK has almost halved in five years, driven by a slump in emigration to Spain and F Telegraph.co.uk (30-Aug-2011)

BritainĂ¢€™s new brain drain: A million of our best-qualified citizens now live abroad More than a million of the highest-qualified and best-trained Britons have gon Mail Online (30-Aug-2011)

NO CHECKS, NO GUARDS ...EASY WAY INTO UK FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THE alarming ease with which people traffickers exploit passport-free borders within the British I Express.co.uk (30-Aug-2011)