Thursday, 17 November 2011


A selection of recent media reports

Questions raised over Britain's border security ahead of 2012 Olympic Games Britain?s border security has been called into question less than a year befor SecurityNewsDesk.com (17-Nov-2011)

Elizabeth Balogh arrested after being paid ?400 to marry stranger in 'fake wedding' ) A bogus bride was arrested in her wedding dress seconds before she was abo The Mail On Sunday (17-Nov-2011)

UK youth unemployment: The failings that hand migrants British jobs ) Unemployment at a 17-year high with 2.62million people unable to find work... the numb The Mail On Sunday (17-Nov-2011)

Sham marriage couple needed an interpreter A MAN from Pakistan and two Hungarian women have been jailed after their plot to stage a sham marriage in Cardiff was Wales Online (17-Nov-2011)

Family settlement threat to housing benefit tenants People on housing benefit could be stopped from bringing a member of their own family to the UK from overse Inside Housing (17-Nov-2011)

Forced marriages: Modern slave trade as 8k British girls a year forced to wed against their will ) When 13-year-old Sameem Ali was offered a reward for doing ho The Mail On Sunday (17-Nov-2011)

UK youth unemployment hits 1m as foreign workers take yet more UK jobs ) Around 500 foreigners landed a job in Britain every day over the past year wh The Mail On Sunday (17-Nov-2011)

Theresa May accused of 'dishonest' press briefing by ex-borders boss Brodie Clark Former Border Force chief Brodie Clark yesterday claimed the Home Secret Mirror.co.uk (17-Nov-2011)

Bring your spouse to Britain \u2013 as long as you earn £26,000 Nearly two-thirds of non-European wives would be banned from settling in Britain under plans from the G Belfast Telegraph (17-Nov-2011)

THE BETRAYAL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IS SICKENING TO SEE IT HAS been obvious for months that youth unemployment was going to crash through the one million barrier soon Express.co.uk (17-Nov-2011)

CHANGING FACE OF ENGLAND ...HOW WHITE PUPILS ARE IN A MINORITY AT MANY SCHOOLS THE changing face of England was revealed for the first time yesterday in a study t Scottish Daily Express (17-Nov-2011)

MIGRANTS GRAB 12,000 JOBS A MONTH FOREIGNERS have taken more than 12,000 new jobs a month ? while 1.2 million British youngsters are on the scrapheap by being out of w Scottish Daily Express (17-Nov-2011)

BAN ON ?BENEFIT WIVES? NEARLY two-thirds of foreign wives could be banned from moving to the UK under plans to stop them becoming a benefits burden on the state, G Scottish Daily Express (17-Nov-2011)

MIGRANTS GRAB 12,000 JOBS A MONTH FOREIGNERS have taken more than 12,000 new jobs a month ? while 1.2 million British youngsters are on the scrapheap by being out of w Sunday Express (17-Nov-2011)

Foreign workers take yet more UK jobs (as number of Britons in work plunges and youth unemployment hits 1million) ) Around 500 foreigners landed a job in B The Mail On Sunday (16-Nov-2011)

UK Immigration: Population Projections and Immigration Alp Mehmet from MigrationWatch challenges the assertions made by Matt Cavanagh in his article for th eGov Monitor (16-Nov-2011)

Couple jailed for 'sham marriage' in Cardiff A bride and groom who were arrested on their wedding day have been jailed for trying to breach immigration laws after the m BBC News Wales (16-Nov-2011)

Minimum salary proposed for immigrant spouses UK residents whose partners or spouses apply for citizenship must earn at least \uFFFD\uFFFD\uFFFD\uFFFD\uFFFD\uFFFD18,600 for an app PoliticsHome (16-Nov-2011)

Half of population could be barred from bringing in a foreign partner under family visa reform Up to half the population will no longer be able to bring a foreign b Telegraph.co.uk (16-Nov-2011)

Doubling amount husbands must earn to ?26,000 would block two thirds of immigrant brides, says government watchdog Two thirds of foreign wives could be banned fr Mail Online (16-Nov-2011)