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A selection of recent media reports

Labour blasts 'damning mis-management of border security' Labour have accused the government of mis-managing our border security by cutting staff from the UK Bo ITV.com (10-May-2012)

Heathrow delays: Queues too long and immigration checks falling, watchdog warns Passengers are enduring long queues at Heathrow airport because of border Telegraph.co.uk (10-May-2012)

Border staff search white air passengers to 'even up racial mix' White air passengers are routinely stopped and searched by customs officials simply to ensure th Mail Online (10-May-2012)

Report condemns Heathrow planning Long queues at the UK's busiest airport have been caused by a lack of effective planning amid job cuts, with border staff signin London Evening Standard (10-May-2012)

Foreigners can't pick new German names, court rules BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court has refused to allow a family to shed their "fore Reuters.co.uk (09-May-2012)

Abu Qatada wants bail - could terror suspect be on loose in London? Terror suspect Abu Qatada launched a snap bid for bail today as he lost his appeal against being kic London 24 (09-May-2012)

Three workers in detention after UK Border Agency raid at Dunfermline restaurant Three illegal workers have been discovered in a Dunfermline town centre resta The Courier (09-May-2012)

Border staff strike unlikely to affect travellers, says BAA BAA has advised passengers not to change their travel plans tomorrow, despite a 24-hour walk-out pl Telegraph.co.uk (09-May-2012)

UK Border Agency paid £3.5m in bonuses The UK Border Agency (UKBA) - recently branded "not fit for purpose" - paid £3.5m in performance-related bonuses to staff in BBC News - England (09-May-2012)

Just three out of 200 suspected war criminals have been kicked out of 'safe haven' Britain Just three of the 200 suspected war criminals found in Britain in the past 18 m Mail Online (08-May-2012)

Qatada deportation back in UK court The radical cleric's lawyers immediately applied for him to be released on bail as it looked likely that deportation proceedin Guardian.co.uk (08-May-2012)

Drug-dealing armed robber will not be sent back to Jamaica because it would violate his human rights ) A drug-dealing robber from Jamaica could be allowed to s The Mail On Sunday (08-May-2012)

Poots underlines fairness of new guidance on Overseas Visitors access to health care in Northern Ireland In line with all parts of the UK, Health and Social Northern Ireland Executive (08-May-2012)

Qatada loses deportation appeal bid Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada lost his bid to have his appeal over deportation heard by Europe's top human rights judg Yorkshire Evening Post (08-May-2012)

Passengers are kept waiting for passport checks, border staff 'are being sent home if their shoes aren't shiny' They are already under pressure dealing with dis Mail Online (08-May-2012)

Cambridge student who sat exams for illegal immigrants in people smuggling scam is jailed Junhua Yu, 24, was studying for an MA in architecture at prestigiou The Mail On Sunday (08-May-2012)

Two hour delays at Stansted Airport border control after Bank Holiday weekend Delays at border control spread to Stansted Airport over the Bank Holiday week London Evening Standard (08-May-2012)

College loophole for migrants shrinks The number of private English language colleges that could be providing illegal immigrants claiming to be students wi Yorkshire Post (08-May-2012)

ALL MIGRANTS TO GET A BRITISH PENSION BRITAIN faces paying pensions to all migrants under an EU plot to seize control of the benefits system. Express.co.uk (07-May-2012)

Cannabis 'gardener' tried to run from police A cannabis gardener was caught fleeing from a house where £120,000 worth of the drug was growing, a court heard. Hoan This is Leicestershire (07-May-2012)