Monday, 1 February 2010

A selection of recent media reports

BROWN IS THE WORST PRIME MINISTER IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY
GORDON Brown s premiership will go down as one of the darkest episodes in modern British...
Daily Express (01-Feb-2010)

UK suspends student visas to curb fraud
The UK suspended student visas from India, Nepal and Bangladesh at the weekend amid heightened concern about illegal immigration from South...
Silobreaker (31-Jan-2010)

French authorities are 'encouraging' asylum seekers to head for UK
FRANCE is "encouraging" asylum seekers to go to Britain, a charity worker claimed last...
News of the World (31-Jan-2010)

Bogus European marriages open Irelands gates to Asian men
Shortly after Muhammad Shafi made an application to marry his teenage Latvian girlfriend in a civil wedding ceremony in Donegal, detectives at the Garda National and Immigration Bureau (GNIB) were discreetly notified of his...
Times Online (31-Jan-2010)

Students who break visa rules can stay in UK
Judges are undermining Britain's immigration controls by allowing students who have flagrantly breached the rules to remain in the country, it can be...
Telegraph.co.uk (30-Jan-2010)

FRENCH 'HANDING REFUGEES TO UK'
French authorities are playing "pass-the-parcel" with refugees and handing them to the UK, a charity worker has said after the opening of a new shelter in...
Sunday Express (30-Jan-2010)

Bolivian refugee family to get damages from Home Office
A Bolivian family is to receive damages of thousands of pounds from the Home Office for false imprisonment during a review of the refugees'...
BBC News Jersey (30-Jan-2010)