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)

Press Articles

Growing Pains
Further EU expansion leads Sir Andrew to predict a substantial flow of East Europeans to the UK’s shores, meaning that Bulgarian builders could soon be as prevalent as Polish plumbers.
The Parliamentary Monitor - 01-May-2006

OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS IN CHAOS
Sir Andrew Green, Chairman Migrationwatch UK.
Yorkshire Post Today - 27-Apr-2006

The BNP and how Labour sacrificed the working class
By Sir Andrew Green
The Daily Mail - 19-Apr-2006

"Commons Committee slams asylum removal process"
Thirty-fourth report : Returning failed asylum applicants (HC 620)
15-Mar-2006

Yes, we do need some immigration. And of course we should offer asylum. But there is only so much any society can take
By Andrew Green
The Daily Mail, London - 15-Mar-2006

BETRAYAL OF BRICK LANE
An important new book, analysing the effect of mass immigration on Londons East End, finds rage and resentment among ALL communities and asks deeply disturbing questions.
The Daily Mail, London - 04-Mar-2006

Yes, we love Polish plumbers, but how many MORE does Britain need?
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, MigrationwatchUK
The Daily Mail, London - 10-Feb-2006

Why we’ll never win the war on terror
After figures reveal 1 in 4 terror suspects are asylum seekers
The Daily Mail, London - 23-Dec-2005

Speak for yourself
An extract from an article entitled
The Guardian - 05-Dec-2005

BBC Today / Populus Survey December 2005
The BBC Today Programme Opinion Survey, conducted in early December 2005, contained two questions on immigration which were not mentioned on the programme. The following is an extract together with our comment. The full report can be found at:
The BBC Today Programme - 01-Dec-2005

The Guardian today offered an apology for the headline for their profile of the Chairman of MigrationWatch and also printed a letter of rebuttal.
The following is the (slightly edited) exchange of e-mails:
08-Nov-2005

Crisis looms in the ghetto
September 25, 2005, The Sunday Times.Letter by David Coleman
The Sunday Times, London - 25-Sep-2005

It's not racist to say the numbers matter
Letter by Sir Andrew Green
The Independent, London - 13-Sep-2005

Tracking the migration figures
Letter by Sir Andrew Green
The Sunday Times, London - 11-Sep-2005

Today Programme: Illegal immigrants
On the Today programme on 1 August, Keith Best (Chief Executive of the largely government funded Immigration Advisory Service) challenged Sir Andrew Green’s inclusion of failed asylum seekers among illegal immigrants. He described it as “naughty”.
01-Aug-2005

What About Our Human Rights?
For years, Sir Andrew Green says, Britain has allowed dangerous men to stay here as asylum seekers. There is only one way to end this madness – to withdraw from the Convention on Human Rights.
The Daily Mail, London - 27-Jul-2005

COMMENTARY: It’s not science, Mr Blair. Here’s the answer you should have given Paxman.
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, MigrationwatchUK
The Daily Mail, London - 22-Apr-2005

It’s not racism but pure common sense
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, MigrationwatchUK
The Daily Mail, London - 16-Feb-2005

Genuine refugees
By Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, MigrationwatchUK
The Independent, London - 15-Feb-2005

For years the Government denied there was an immigration crisis. Now, as an election looms, they’ve vowed to get tough.
Why should we believe them now?
The Daily Mail, London - 08-Feb-2005

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