Wednesday, 9 November 2011

A selection of recent media reports

Mark Simmonds to raise immigration with Eric Pickles
A Lincolnshire MP is to meet with senior government ministers to discuss the affect of immigration
BBC News England (09-Nov-2011)

MINISTERS MUST DELIVER LOWER IMMIGRATION LEVELS
THERESA May has been a steadying influence as Home Secretary following some of the abominations and incompe
Sunday Express (09-Nov-2011)

IMMIGRANTS WHO PLAY THE SYSTEM
A JUDGE, who must fancy himself as Father Christmas, rules it to be unlawful to detain an illegal immigrant who has committed 20 o
Scottish Daily Express (09-Nov-2011)

YOU DEMAND MPS VOTE ON OUR BORDERS
MPS yesterday backed calls to tackle Britain\u0092s immigration timebomb, supported by the Daily Star\u0092s army of readers.
Daily Star (09-Nov-2011)

This time, listen to voters on immigration
) As a sign of the strength of public feeling the response couldn't be more emphatic. For in less than a week, more than 100,0
The Mail On Sunday (09-Nov-2011)

Broken borders, broken promises and the anger of a public betrayed
) The scene at Heathrow has become familiar to millions of British people returning from abroa
The Mail On Sunday (09-Nov-2011)

100,000 signatures against mass immigration
Sir Andrew Green is Chairman of MigrationWatchUK. You can sign up to the 'no to 70 million' petition here When we
Mail Online (08-Nov-2011)

'Guest worker' plan would hurt the economy
The economists who advise the Home Office on immigration policy have come out against a plan to turn economic migrants into
The Spectator (08-Nov-2011)

Frank Field bids for e-petition debate on immigration
Another week, another controversial Commons debate on an e-petition. A petition calling for a debate on
BBC News (08-Nov-2011)

UK reinstates minimum age of 18 for foreign spouses
The UK Border Agency has announced new policy guidance after the Supreme Court declared the government's ban on no
UK Immigration (08-Nov-2011)

Theresa May carpeted by furious MPs over border agency shambles
Home Secretary Theresa May today refused to resign as she told MPs a pilot scheme to relax con
Mail Online (08-Nov-2011)

Border controls: Migration Watch on Theresa May actions
A former British ambassador recalled his time as an immigration official in the 1970s and said he was "pre
BBC News - UK Politics (08-Nov-2011)

Theresa May: Pilot 'did not risk' border security
Home Secretary Theresa May has been defending her decision to relax immigration controls this summer, and has to
BBC News (08-Nov-2011)

E-petition on immigration could get Commons debate - Public Service
An e-petition calling on the government to reduce immigration has gathered more tha
Publicservice.co.uk (08-Nov-2011)

The idea that Theresa May should take lessons from Labour on immigration is laughable
One by one, the relics from the disastrous New Labour years rose to their fee
Mail Online (08-Nov-2011)

Daily View: How should UK borders be controlled?
Commentators react after Home Secretary Theresa May's admitted that she had authorised officials at the UK Border
BBC Blogs (08-Nov-2011)

Britons feel country getting overcrowded
Nearly eight out of 10 people in Britain feel their country has turned an overcrowded place, a survey has revealed. The report, which also reveals that more than a third believe England to be 'very crowded'', will pile pressure on ministers to keep their promises to slash immigration, the Daily Exp
Irish Sun (08-Nov-2011)

Now make MPs debate migration: Pressure for action grows as 100,000 back online petition
A Downing Street 'e-petition' calling for action to restore Brita
Mail Online (08-Nov-2011)

Now make MPs debate migration: Pressure for action grows as 100,000 back online petition
) A Downing Street 'e-petition' calling for action to restore Brit
The Mail On Sunday (08-Nov-2011)

IMMIGRATION IS TOO SERIOUS TO LEAVE TO CIVIL SERVANTS
FROM dictatorship to democracy, political scientists have coined terms for many different systems of g
Express.co.uk (08-Nov-2011)