A selection of recent media reports
David Cameron must face the challenge of Islamisation Telegraph View: Halting the erosion of freedom may prove just as important a challenge. Telegraph.co.uk (By Telegraph View) (28-Dec-2010)
Key facts: Africa to Europe migration Thousands of Africans try to make the journey to Europe each year as illegal... BBC News Southern Counties (28-Dec-2010)
Illegal workers arrested at The Oracle Four people working at stalls in The Oracle shopping centre have been arrested after... Get Reading (23-Dec-2010)
ARROGANT JUDICIARY IS UNDERMINING BRITISH SOCIETY BRITAIN is no longer a properly functioning democracy. The governance of our country is increasingly in the hands of a judicial elite that is beholden to Brussels and its own Left-wing bias. Daily Express (23-Dec-2010)
Child benefit: there's plenty of welfare on offer to the Poles The removal of middle-class child benefit payments is unjust, argues Philip Johnston Daily Telegraph (23-Dec-2010)
Romania accuses France and Germany of 'discrimination' over Schengen exclusion Romania has accused France and Germany of "discrimination" after the EU's two most... Telegraph.co.uk (By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels) (22-Dec-2010)
Bulgaria, Romania blocked from joining Schengen Description -- (BRUSSELS) - France and Germany decided Tuesday to block Bulgaria and. EUbusiness.com (22-Dec-2010)
Romania and Bulgaria face delay in joining Schengen The two Black Sea states hope to join the Schengen zone, which includes most of the EU. MSN News UK (REUTERS, REUTERS,) (22-Dec-2010)
Marriage visa rules in doubt after new court defeat Rules designed to help prevent forced marriages may have to be ripped up after the... Telegraph.co.uk (By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor) (22-Dec-2010)
Government to reinstate temporary immigration cap (Reuters) - Britain said Monday it would reinstate a temporary cap on migrant workers.. Reuters UK (By Tim Castle) (20-Dec-2010)
UK marriage rules for non-nationals are ruled discriminatory ODonoghue Others -v- the United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights Chamber judgment given on December 14th, 2010. Judgment The court held the United Kingdom should pay 24,500 in damages and expenses and £295 (348) in pecuniary damage to a Northern Ireland woman and her Nigerian husband for... Irish Times (20-Dec-2010)
Our coverage on immigration and Europe was weak, admits BBC Director General BBC coverage of issues such as immigration and Europe had been weak in the past, admitted the corporations Director General Mark Thompson. Daily Mail (18-Dec-2010)
BNP down plays 'race card' to boost legitimacy says new LSE research The British National Party (BNP) has attempted to boost its legitimacy by downplaying.. LSE (18-Dec-2010)
BRITAIN WANTS ACTION OVER THIS HUMAN RIGHTS RACKET DAVID Cameron found himself complaining about two perverse and outrageous human rights. Express.co.uk (By Daily Express reporter) (18-Dec-2010)
DAVID CAMERON SHOULD STOP TALKING AND START ACTING OVER HUMAN RIGHTS MADNESS A HEARTBROKEN father, who has fought a seven-year battle to get a failed asylum... Daily Express (Tony Brooks) (18-Dec-2010)
High court rules immigration ban illegal By politics.co. Politics.co.uk (17-Dec-2010)
Asylum seeker that killed girl in hit-and-run faces new deportation bid The Government will appeal against a ruling stopping the deportation of a failed... London Evening Standard (17-Dec-2010)
'Great anger' over deportation case Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken of his "great anger" at a tribunal ruling... Mirror.co.uk (17-Dec-2010)
Failed asylum seeker who left girl, 12, to die after crash can stay in UK as deporting him would 'breach his human right.. A failed asylum seeker who left a 12-year-old girl dying under the wheels of his car while banned from driving will be allowed to remain in the UK, judges ruled today. Daily Mail (16-Dec-2010)
Press Release
Migration – The Environmental Consequences for the UK 29 December, 2010
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the UK will soar by almost 515 million tonnes over the period from 2008 to 2033 solely as a result of the projected increase in population due to net migration over that period, says a new report out today.
The report from think-tank Migrationwatch on the environmental effects of large scale immigration says that net migration is expected to add seven million to the population between 2008 and 2033. This population growth will increase the UK’s GHG emissions by almost 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the five years to 2015, by over 125 million tonnes by 2020, and by almost 515 million tonnes by 2033.
The Government is committed under the Climate Change Act to reduce UK GHG emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. To achieve this challenging target, annual emissions by 2033 will have to fall by almost 240 million tonnes of carbon compared with their current level. However, the population increase caused by immigration over this period, will add about 33 million tonnes of carbon every year to UK GHG emissions making that commitment even harder and more expensive to achieve.
‘Climate change on its own is an immensely serious issue but the huge projected rise in population over this period – more than two thirds due to immigration - will also have a host of other implications for the quality of life which we, and more particularly, our children and grandchildren will enjoy - or endure - in the coming decades,’ said Sir Andrew Green, Migrationwatch chairman.
‘For example if all the projected increase in population which will result from the continuation of present levels of immigration was to be accommodated in urban areas, we would have to build 60 towns the size of Slough, or 20 cities the size of Leicester, or else urbanise areas equivalent in area to Surrey or Warwickshire,’ he said.
‘It is very clear that the vast majority of the UK population are totally opposed to this outcome.’
Sir Andrew said that England is already one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. Increasing population pressures will disproportionately impact England where population is projected to increase by 18 per cent, leading to densities of 465 persons per square kilometre by 2033.
In the South East of England, by 2033, population densities are projected to increase by 20 per cent, to a level one third higher than those of the Netherlands now with very serious additional pressure on the region’s infrastructure.
‘The effects of such large scale urbanisation would include a loss of wildlife habitats, damage to the UK’s biodiversity and a detrimental impact on the ‘amenity’ that people derive from the rural environment and contact with nature, as well as fundamentally changing the nature and appearance of large parts of the country for ever,’ said Sir Andrew.
‘These are relatively intangible issues - difficult if not impossible to value – but, nonetheless, of great importance to the many people who do not want to see the character of our country changed out of all recognition.’
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