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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News Articles for March 2003

March 4, 2003
Minister unable to give answer to central question...

March 1, 2003
Formation of Advisory Council…


Full Text of Press Release : March 2003

March 4, 2003

Minister unable to give answer to central question...


In evidence today to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Beverley Hughes, the Minister in charge of asylum and immigration, was unable to say how many asylum seekers remained in Britain after being refused permission to stay here over the past five years.

'Our estimate is that they number approaching 250,000,' said Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of think-tank, Migrationwatchuk.

'These are of course the ones who go through the system - they take no account of many thousands of others who do not,' he said.

He said the group based its numbers on the following Home Office statistics:

Numbers of applicants 1998 - 2002
   375,850
Less those granted asylum or ELR
  143,572
Less those removed
   43,330
Sub total:
 188,948
Add 30% for dependants
   56,684
TOTAL:
 245,632

'Ms Hughes claims that an unknown number return home of their own accord without notifying the Home Office, but they have no evidence to support this contention.

'Without an effective and swift removals mechanism the whole system is rendered pointless,' said Sir Andrew.


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March 1, 2003

Formation of Advisory Council…


MigrationwatchUK today announced the formation of an Advisory Council.
Its members are listed in the Personal Profiles section together with short biographical notes.

The Council will have no legal or financial responsibilities. Nor will its members be responsible for the material produced by Migrationwatch.
The purpose of the Council is to provide advice on the strategic direction
of the work as well as a range of independent views on migration and
related issues.

Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migrationwatch, said, 'This is an important step forward. Members of the Council are distinguished in their own fields. They are brought together by a shared concern about the present situation and a desire to see a rational and informed debate on a subject of great importance to the future of our country.'


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