Sunday, 3 June 2012


A selection of recent media reports

What do we want? The typical Briton loves our countryside, National Health Service and David Attenborough, but thinks immigrants, welfare scroungers and yobs are letting Britain down. Prospect Magazine (02-Jun-2012)

International Students 'Cheated' Out Of Thousands By Private UK Colleges International students say they are being cheated out of thousands of pounds by priva The Huffington Post (United Kingdom) (02-Jun-2012)

Ahmed Belbacha, An Algerian Refugee in Guant\u00E1namo, Has Been Waiting for a New Home Since 2007 May 21, 2012 I wrote the following article for the "Close Guant\u00E1namo" website, which I established in January with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us \u2014 just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guant\u00E1namo, and to receive updates of our act Uruknet.info (02-Jun-2012)

Border Agency staff paid bonuses of up to £7,000 One in four senior civil servants at the troubled UK Border Agency received bonuses of up to £7,000 last year The Independent (02-Jun-2012)

Jubilation for the new Britons who made monarch their own When Paul Sathianesan got off the plane at Gatwick Airport to begin a new life in a new country, all he ha The Independent (02-Jun-2012)

University of York's fears on immigration changes THE chancellor of the University of York, former BBC boss Greg Dyke, has written to the Prime Minister urging him The Press (02-Jun-2012)

EU should protect asylum seekers, citizens tell survey THE VAST majority of Europeans believe that EU member states should offer protection and asylum to those in need and that the rules for admitting asylum seekers should be the same across Europe. Irish Times (02-Jun-2012)

FURY AT BIG BONUSES FOR FAILED BORDER BOSSES TOP officials responsible for a catalogue of failures at the Border Agency have received £3.25million in bonu Scottish Daily Express (02-Jun-2012)