A selection of recent media reports

Man raped two girls in Glasgow flats
A man from Afghanistan has been found guilty of raping two young girls at flats in Glasgow.
BBC News UK (03-Feb-2012)
Ten jailed over sham marriage plot
Published on Thursday 2 February 2012 18:01 Ten people have been jailed for attempting to organise an international sha...
Ilkeston Advertiser (03-Feb-2012)
IMMIGRATION CLAMPDOWN
IMMIGRANTS will only be allowed into Britain if they can \u201Cmake the country better\u201D.
Daily Star (03-Feb-2012)
Immigration: dubious means to an uncertain end
The truth is that politicians worry about immigration more than the rest of the population do, not less
Guardian.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration is not just a numbers game \u2013 it's about culture, too
The debate about what constitutes Britishness has barely begun.
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
A traitor's tale
Leaving the Labour party is uniquely traumatic, as Luke Bozier has just discovered \u2013 and I know all too well
The Spectator (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration minister wants more scrutiny of 'value' of foreign students
Expanding the number of international students in the UK is not necessarily a good t
Times Higher Education (02-Feb-2012)
Select migrants 'helped by reforms'
High-earning migrants and promising student entrepreneurs will find it easier to work in Britain as the Government aims ...
The Oxford Times (02-Feb-2012)
Damian Green: 'we only want the brightest immigrants'
The Immigration Minister says the Government will meet its target of reducing net migration into the U
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Human rights decisions led to 'ridiculous and damaging' situation, warns minister
The way courts interpret the human right to family life has led to a "ridiculo
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration minister Damian Green on who can come to UK
Britain does not need more "middle managers" or unskilled Labour and those coming in should be able to command a
BBC News - UK Politics (02-Feb-2012)
Conservatives put politics before policy on immigration
Damian Green's speech on immigration was thin, and contained nothing new.
New Statesman (02-Feb-2012)
Migrants must be 'the right people'
Immigration policies must ensure "the right people are coming here", the Immigration Minister said. Damian Green said i
Belfast Telegraph (02-Feb-2012)
Migrants must add to quality of life in Britain \u2013 minister
Migrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" if they want to live here, the Immigration Ministe
Telegraph.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
Tougher migration rules
Immigrants must prove they will "add to the quality of life in Britain" before they're allowed into Britain, the Governm...
ITV.com (02-Feb-2012)
Immigration focus turns to 'quality'
Helen Warrell By Helen Warrell Britain does not need more immigrants who will be "middle managers" but should inst
Financial Times Print Edition (UK) (02-Feb-2012)
Immigrants 'must benefit Britain'
Immigrants must "add to the quality of life in Britain" to be let in, the immigration minister is to say.
London Evening Standard (02-Feb-2012)
UK Border Agency admit 57 of its own staff have committed immigration offences
THE UK Border Agency has been forced to admit 57 of its staff have been guilty of immi
Mirror.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
New immigration policy favours the wealthy, say critics
Immigration minister to signal more selective policy under which only the right kind of migrants are all
Guardian.co.uk (02-Feb-2012)
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Press Articles

What do the public really think about immigration?
By Sir Andrew Green
09-Jan-2012

Letter to The Sunday Times
Unpalatable truth about benefits of immigration
The Sunday Times - 13-Nov-2011

Commentary
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 01-Nov-2011

Social Housing: Rebuttal
http://fullfact.org/ have not published Migrationwatch’s rebuttal on the £1bn cost of social housing as promised so we are publishing it on our own web site.
22-Aug-2011

Why is the BBC STILL so hideously biased on immigration?
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 15-Apr-2011

We must control and limit immigration
By Matthew Pollard
11-Apr-2011

Immigration: What to do about Labour’s Enduring Legacy to Britain
By Alp Mehmet, Advisory Council Migration Watch
eGovMonitor - 04-Mar-2011

Comment: Tightening immigration benefits all legitimate students
Universities should show more interest in the UK graduates they're sending to the dole queue, rather than foreign applicants.
Politics, London - 25-Feb-2011

Was Mass Immigration a Conspiracy?
Official figures to be published on Thursday will confirm that foreign immigration under Labour added more than three million to our population.
The Daily Mail - 22-Feb-2011

In 2011 more of our politicians must become better informed about the impact on us all of unchecked immigration
By Alp Mehmet
ConservativeHome, London - 30-Dec-2010

Theresa May's announcement was the first serious attempt to check unprecedented immigration for decades.
Comment: May Day for Immigration
Politics, London - 27-Nov-2010

Migrationwatch Comment
Independent Chief Inspector of the Border Agency’s report on entry clearance in Abu Dhabi and Islamabad, published 4 November 2010
08-Nov-2010

Letter to the Times
Letter sent to The Times
The Times - 21-Oct-2010

The poorest do not migrate
Michael McGuffie (letter, 6 September) links immigration controls with people being kept in poverty in the third world. This is not the case.
The Independent - 08-Sep-2010

Immigration Curbs Are Vital For Britain's Future
By Sir Andrew Green
The Sunday Times - 05-Sep-2010

Migration Patterns
By Sir Andrew Green
The Sunday Times - 08-Aug-2010

Traffickers will seek to exploit the judgment
By Alp Mehmet
The Scotsman - 08-Jul-2010

We need a radical immigration policy
Despite debate about population growth figures, the problem of immigration in the UK is clear. The government must take action
By Sir Andrew Green
The Guardian, London - 21-Apr-2010

Immigration is a real problem
By Sir Andrew Green
The Guardian, London - 29-Mar-2010

Commentry
Paying the price for a decade of deception
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 10-Feb-2010

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