A selection of recent media reports

URGENT 'REVIEWS' AT OLD PEOPLE'S HOME
Southwark Council has instructed social workers to make urgent reviews of people it has placed at the old folks' home wh...
Southwark News (11-Mar-2010)
Leicestershire police hunt for lorry stowaways
Organised criminal gangs which force illegal migrants to work in poor conditions for a few pounds a day could be operati...
This is Leicestershire (11-Mar-2010)
America nears 'tipping point' where babies born to minority parents outnumber whites for first time
America is reaching a tipping point when the babies born to minority parents outnumber whites for the first time. More ...
Daily Mail (11-Mar-2010)
Frosty Welcome For UK Electronic Borders Plan
Government claims over the roll-out of its new electronic border controls are 'not credible', according to opposition pa...
97.4rockfm (11-Mar-2010)
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LANDED A JOB IN LORDS
AN illegal immigrant worked in the Houses of Parliament for six months without any security checks, a court was told...
Daily Express (11-Mar-2010)
Gold Service traffickers exposed by The Sun
TODAY The Sun exposes a gang that offers illegal immigrants door-to-door delivery into Britain in a scam which they call...
Online Sun (10-Mar-2010)
Illegal immigrant worked at House of Lords for six months after using fake passport to get kitchen job
An illegal immigrant worked for six months serving lunch at House of Lords after using a fake passport to get the job, a...
Daily Mail (10-Mar-2010)
Fewer asylum seekers to Norway
In February this year 711 asylum seekers arrived in Norway.
The Norway Post (10-Mar-2010)
Brown meets MP over flats deaths
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet an MP to hear how a community coped following the apparent suicide of three asylum...
Press Association (10-Mar-2010)
WILLIAM HAGUE: LABOUR HAVE BLED US DRY
THE Shadow Foreign Secretary speaks to Daily Express readers about Gordon Brown s appalling regime and how the Tories pl...
Daily Express (10-Mar-2010)
Lumley named in row over Gurkha charity
Minister attacks campaigner's 'silence' as inquiry is launched into donations solicited in...
The Independent (10-Mar-2010)
Team in war on night crime
WAR has been declared on Newham's night-time crime economy. Police, the council and immigration oficers are working tog...
Newham Recorder (09-Mar-2010)
Homes help for asylum seekers
AN Oldham vicar is helping to lead a campaign to improve housing conditions for asylum seekers in the North-West. Rever...
Oldham Evening Chronicle (09-Mar-2010)
The battle for a Yorkshire marginal
As the Conservative candidate in a marginal seat, I see that while BNP support is a threat, the Labour vote has...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (09-Mar-2010)
Bates Wells hip hop lawyer wins Snoop Dogg immigration battle
Bates Wells & Braithwaite has paved the way for US rapper Snoop Dogg to enter the UK after a long-running battle wit...
The Lawyer.com (09-Mar-2010)
Social Care: Foreign and destitute
Around 20,000 asylum-seeking families are living in destitution in the UK. Nancy Rowntree asks whether the system needs ...
cypnow (09-Mar-2010)
Boarding Schools Association: 'still has concerns' over Tier 4 system
Despite a relatively smooth rollout of the new Tier 4 system for the immigration of international (non-EEA) students, th...
Politics.co.uk (09-Mar-2010)
Councils attacked for giving too much information on asylum-seeking children to UKBA
Local authorities have been accused of supplying more information on asylum-seeking children than they should to the UK ...
Community Care (09-Mar-2010)
Figures that reveal the cost of life for those with no hiding place
Asylum is protection given by a country to someone who is fleeing persecution in their own country. It is given under th...
Times Online (09-Mar-2010)
Asylum is a complex and emotive issue that will never satisfy everyone
If we can be sure of anything, it is that the mysterious and harrowing tale of the Russian family who jumped from a Glas...
Times Online (09-Mar-2010)
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Archived Briefing Papers

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1. Economic
1.0
Guide to Economic Papers (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
1.1
Migrants : Do they bring economic benefit? (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
1.2
The fiscal impact of immigration to the UK (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
1.3
Immigration and the Dutch economy (Aug 2004) [View PDF]
1.4
Costs of Illegal Immigration (Aug 2004)
1.5
Contribution of Immigration to GDP (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
1.6
Immigration and the Labour Market (May 2005) [View PDF]
1.7
Inquiry into economic migration to the EU (Jun 2005) [View PDF]
1.8
The economic case for immigration. Migrationwatch dialogue with the Home Office (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
1.9
The fiscal contribution of migrants (Apr 2006) [View PDF]
1.10
The Fiscal Contribution of Migrants. (Aug 2006) [View PDF]
1.11
Selection criteria for immigrant workers (Aug 2006) [View PDF]
1.12
Economic contribution of A8 migrants (Oct 2006) [View PDF]
1.13
Minister admits that immigration is of little benefit to Britons (Nov 2006) [View PDF]
1.14
Seven Deadly Spins (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
1.15
The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
1.16
The Impact of Immigration on GDP per head (Mar 2007) [View PDF]
1.19
MigrationWatch Commentary - ITEM Club Special Report: Migration and the UK economy (Jan 2008) [View PDF]


2. Education
2.1
The Impact of Asylum Seekers (Feb 2003) [View PDF]


3. Employment
3.1
A Points System for Work Permits? (Feb 2005) [View PDF]


4. European Union
4.1
The impact on immigration of the EU expansion to Eastern Europe (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
4.2
Draft EU constitution: Implications for asylum and immigration (Nov 2003) [View PDF]
4.3
Note on the rights of workers from accession countries in the EU from 1st May (May 2004) [View PDF]
4.4
The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe: Implications for asylum and immigration in the UK (Oct 2004) [View PDF]
4.5
Summary of The Common European Asylum System - with draft procedures directive. (Mar 2005) [View PDF]
4.6
Item club on 'Benefits' of East European immigration (May 2006) [View PDF]
4.7
Potential immigration from Romania and Bulgaria (May 2006) [View PDF]


5. Health
5.1
Health Consequences of Current Immigration Policy (Jun 2003) [View PDF]


6. History
no papers available

7. Housing
7.1
Housing Report - The impact of immigration on housing in the UK (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
7.2
The impact of immigration on England’s housing (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
7.3
MigrationWatchUK Briefing Paper - Migration and Housing (Mar 2004) [View PDF]
7.4
Housing and immigration an update (Oct 2004) [View PDF]


8. Legal
8.1
Implications of the Government's appeal on asylum benefits 2003 (Feb 2003) [View PDF]
8.3
Asylum Laws: A Way Forward (Jul 2003) [View PDF]
8.5
Deleted
8.6
The Roma Case in the House of Lords (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
8.7
Asylum Law Reform (Jan 2005) [View PDF]
8.11
The distinction between asylum seekers and refugees (Jan 2006) [View PDF]
8.16
Legislation (Jun 2007) [View PDF]


9. Migration Trends
9.3
The Present and Future Scale of Immigration (Jul 2002) [View PDF]
9.4
Exceptional Leave to Remain (Apr 2003) [View PDF]
9.5
2003 Population Projections (Dec 2003) [View PDF]
9.6
Population Projections – Further Analysis (Mar 2004) [View PDF]
9.7
International migration in 2002 (May 2004) [View PDF]
9.8
Government Actuary’s Department 2003-based population projections (Oct 2004) [View PDF]
9.9
Bull Points on Report, Minority Ethnic Groups in Britain By Ruth Lupton & Anne Power (Dec 2004) [View PDF]


10. Cohesion, Marriage, Scotland and Other Papers
10.1
Response to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Asylum Applications (Apr 2003) [View PDF]
10.2
Balkan Asylum Seekers - Time for a new approach? by Professor James Pettifer (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.3
Migration into Scotland (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.4
Book Review: Human Visas, Human Rights Body Challenges Arranged Marriages (Jan 2004) [View PDF]
10.5
The full statement by Stephen Moxon, the Home Office whistle blower reported recently in the Sunday Times. (Feb 2004) [View PDF]
10.6
How skilled are immigrants to Britain? (Apr 2004) [View PDF]
10.9
Opinion Poll on asylum and inmmigration (Feb 2005) [View PDF]
10.11
Pressure on the UK visa system (Aug 2005) [View PDF]
10.13
Home Office consultation on managed migration routes Comments by MigrationwatchUK (Oct 2005) [View PDF]
10.17a
Survey about Public Perception of Immigration - Fieldwork Dates 5th - 8th January 2007 (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
10.17b
Survey about Public Perception of Immigration - Fieldwork Dates 16th - 18th January 2007 (Jan 2007) [View PDF]
10.18
YouGov survey poll - "Immigration" Fieldwork dates: 6TH - 8TH November 2007 (Nov 2007) [View PDF]
10.19
Overview of Dutch asylum and immigration system (Apr 2006) [View PDF]


11. Policy, Amnesty & Voting
11.1
Unmanaged Migration (May 2003) [View PDF]
11.2
A New Approach to Identity Cards (Oct 2003) [View PDF]
11.3
Asylum and Immigration: A programme of action (Nov 2003) [View PDF]
11.4
Asylum Amnesty; the decks are far from cleared (Oct 2003) [View PDF]
11.5
Immigration: A Comparison of Party Policies (May 2005) [View PDF]


12. Key Facts
no papers available

13. Achievements
13.1
Ten MigrationWatch achievements (May 2006) [View PDF]


14. Environment
no papers available