BRITAIN'S BORDERS HIT BY STRIKES Doubts cast on eBorders plan IMMIGRATION CENTRE 'UNACCEPTABLE' Government bows to EU, undermining £1.2bn electronic borders scheme Report looks at UK eBorders programme A gaping hole in our £1.2bn 'eborder' net: Crackdown is hopelessly diluted to meet EU law 'Feudal' killer tried to inject wife with rat poison Councillor quits to challenge MP US whites to be in minority by 2050 France set to compromise over burka ban by only outlawing them in public buildings UK Immigration comments on Pakistani Visa Refusals Social policy in the noughties: housingA selection of recent media reports
BRITAIN S borders will be plunged into chaos tomorrow as immigration officers go on strike. The 24-hour walkout by 450 staff is expected to cause huge delays as thousands return from Christmas markets and booze cruises...
Daily Star (18-Dec-2009)
THE viability of the UK government's £1.2 billion e-Borders programme is in question, after it emerged that passengers cannot be required to hand over their personal...
The Scotsman (18-Dec-2009)
Conditions for women and children at an immigration removal centre are "wholly unacceptable", a report has...
Daily Express (18-Dec-2009)
Serious doubts over the viability of the scheme to track people in and out of the country emerged today after the Government gave way to pressure from the European Commission over the collection of travellers' personal...
Times Online (18-Dec-2009)
The Commons Home Affairs Committee publishes its report today on the project for digitising immigration control which highlights a number of problems in the UKs eBorders...
The United Kingdom Parliament (18-Dec-2009)
Labour's £1.2billion 'electronic borders' scheme to protect Britain from illegal immigrants and terrorists descended into a shambles last night. The project's success depends on logging every passenger movement in and out of the UK so police, border guards and the security service know who is...
Daily Mail (18-Dec-2009)
Mehmet Goren was a workshy gambler and convicted criminal who ruled his wife and four children with his fists. Even before he killed Tulay, he had tried to inject his wife with rat poison and gas his entire...
Evening Standard (17-Dec-2009)
A LIBERAL Democrat councillor is quitting the party to stand as an independent in a bid to oust Salford MP Hazel Blears at the General Election. Joe ONeill made the shock decision to leave the Lib Dems, claiming he wanted to be free to speak his own...
Salford Advertiser (17-Dec-2009)
The estimated time when white people will no longer make up the majority of US citizens has been pushed back eight years - to 2050 - because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the...
Belfast Telegraph (17-Dec-2009)
France is moving towards outlawing burkas in some public buildings but will stop short of the complete ban that President Nicolas Sarkozy has...
Daily Mail (16-Dec-2009)
The United Kingdom Border Agency has recently commented on media reports that suggest that Pakistani's are more likely to be refused visas to the UK. UK Border Agency Chief Executive Lin Homer had the following to say: 'We do not discriminate against any individual nationality, to suggest otherwise is...
UK Immigration (16-Dec-2009)
Housing returned to the political agenda at the start of the decade, but how has it fared since? Peter Hetherington...
Guardian.co.uk (16-Dec-2009)
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