Thursday, 15 August 2013




A selection of recent media reports


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Economic immigration will remain a problem until we stand up to the EU
Economic immigration will remain a problem until we stand up to the EU The Government is doing nothing to prevent economic immigration from becoming... 
Telegraph.co.uk (14-Aug-2013)
Britain should support its own citizens first: Editor's Eye comment
...own citizens first. Until recently if you even dared to suggest immigration should be controlled you were branded a racist, xenophobic or, at... 
This is Local London (14-Aug-2013)
Asylum seeker's £10,000 job fraud
Asylum seeker s £10,000 job fraud An asylum seeker managed to earn more than £10,000 by obtaining two jobs after applying for work using a false... 
Yorkshire Evening Post (14-Aug-2013)
Tourism 'uses too many immigrants'
...many immigrants' Tourism's "unscrupulous" firms are employing immigrant workers at the expense of British staff because they "do not complain "
This is Devon (13-Aug-2013)
Labour FINALLY admits it let in too many immigrants by ditching controls on workers
...2004 0 View comments Labour made a humiliating climbdown over immigration last night after its spokesman finally admitted opening the floodgates ... 
Mail On Sunday (13-Aug-2013)
Labour FINALLY admits it let in too many immigrants: Speech-bungling Bryant confesses ditching controls on workers caused influx
...180 View comments Labour made a humiliating climbdown over immigration last night after its spokesman finally admitted opening the floodgates ... 
Mail Online (13-Aug-2013)
Don't blame immigration policy for the problems in our labour market
Don t blame immigration policy for the problems in our labour market TWO years ago, as the recovery stalled, a number of commentators suggested ... 
City A.M. (13-Aug-2013)
Awash with cash... yet draining families dry
...Ed Miliband and his team. After Chris Bryant s disastrous speech on immigration yesterday, how they must be wishing they and he had kept their... 
Mail Online (13-Aug-2013)
Labour is at sixes and sevens on immigration
Labour is at sixes and sevens on immigration THE Labour Party is having such difficulty with immigration it would be well advised to observe ... 
Herald Scotland (13-Aug-2013)
Labour U-turn on criticism of stores using foreign staff
...his criticism of Tesco and Next hiring foreign staff. The shadow immigration minister cut key passages from a leaked speech which had drawn a... 
Express.co.uk (13-Aug-2013)
Bungling Bryant forced into u-turn as he admits Labour let in too many migrants
...the opening the floodgates to Eastern Europe. The shadow immigration minister said that allowing Polish and other Eastern European workers to... 
Express.co.uk (13-Aug-2013)
Home Office to 'reconsider' adverts after legal threats
...threats The Home Office has said it will reconsider future immigration campaigns after refugee organisations threatened legal action over its 'Go... 
ITV.com (13-Aug-2013)
Home Office 'Go Home' Vans Win Public Backing
...face arrest", patrolled the streets as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration. YouGov's director of political and social research Joe Twyman... 
International Business Times UK (13-Aug-2013)
Britain needs an 'Australian-style' approach to immigration
Britain needs an 'Australian-style' approach to immigration Britain needs to adopt a tough approach to immigration in line with the zero -tolerance... 
Public Service Europe (13-Aug-2013)
Manchester is modern day Babel, with up to 200 languages spoken by residents
...language, after English, is Polish, reflecting the significant amount of immigration from Poland since the country entered the EU in 2004 . The research... 
Wired.co.uk (13-Aug-2013)
Immigration responsible for much of UK population growth
Immigration responsible for much of UK population growth Newly released figures show that the UK's population rose by 419,900 in the year to.. .
UK Immigration (13-Aug-2013)
'Racist' Van Popularity Increases, Poll Finds, Ukip Supporters Most Likely Backers
...message aimed at illegal immigrants. It attracted fierce criticism, with even immigration hardliner Nigel Farage branding it "nasty". But Farage's... 
The Huffington Post (United Kingdom) (13-Aug-2013)
Asylum seeker jailed for £11m inheritance scam
Asylum seeker jailed for £11m inheritance scam An asylum seeker who conned a pensioner out of more than £70,000 by promising him an £ 11 million... 
London Evening Standard (13-Aug-2013)
Chris Bryant may be absurd, but he's drawn attention to the immigration problem that his party left us with
Chris Bryant may be absurd, but he's drawn attention to the immigration problem that his party left us with Lord Tebbit is one of Britain's most... 
Telegraph Blogs (13-Aug-2013)
Do you speak Mancunian? Manchester with over 200 languages spoken revealed as most linguistically diverse city in western Europe
...most widely spoken non-English language remains Urdu, a product of immigration from the Indian sub-continent dating back to the 1950s. But other... 
The Independent (13-Aug-2013)