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Data Sharing Deal To Check On Asylum Seekers And Foreign Criminals

Data sharing deal to check on asylum seekers and foreign criminals Thousands of suspect asylum seekers and foreign prisoners are to have their fingerprints checked with other countries in a new international deal, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. By Tom … Continue reading

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MP’s Seek Protection Of British Workers By Cutting Influx of Migrants

MPs seek protection of British workers by cutting influx of migrants Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times August 20, 2009 Tighter restrictions to curb the flow of skilled immigrants coming to Britain from outside Europe were recommended by a … Continue reading

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Proposals To Cut Number Of Migrant Workers

Proposals to cut number of migrant workers One in ten fewer skilled migrant workers will be allowed to come to the UK under proposals from the Governments key advisers. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.uk Published: 2:27PM BST 19 … Continue reading

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Battle For Jobs Feeds Northern Ireland Xenophobia

Battle For Jobs Feeds Northern Ireland Xenophobia By REUTERS Published: August 18, 2009 BELFAST (Reuters) – “Foreign bodies” coming from eastern Europe to take jobs are a new adversary for Alan Skey, more than a decade after Northern Ireland's peace … Continue reading

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Britain To Deport Six Australians For Visa Breach

Britain to Deport Six Australians For Visa Breach By REUTERS Published: August 18, 2009 LONDON (Reuters) – Six Australians playing for Welsh rugby league club Celtic Crusaders will be deported from Britain after they breached visa regulations, the UK Border … Continue reading

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Judge Says ‘Al-Qaeda Emails’ Could Refer To Bomb Plot

Judge says 'al-Qaeda emails' could refer to bomb plot Five Pakistani students have been denied bail after a judge decided they may have used coded emails about girls and cars to plan an Easter bombing campaign in Manchester. By Duncan … Continue reading

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Staff Arrested In Asylum Seeker Row

Staff arrested in asylum seeker row UKPA August 13, 2009 UK security staff taking a failed asylum seeker back to Africa found themselves arrested and thrown into prison. The two escort staff were detained for two days in Mozambique after … Continue reading

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Firms Still Looking To Hire Migrants As British Job Losses Rocket

Firms still looking to hire migrants even as British job losses rocket By Sam Fleming Mail Online Last updated at 11:53 AM on 12th August 2009 Companies are planning to hire more migrant workers even as Britain's jobless toll rises … Continue reading

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English As A Second Language For 900,000 Children

English as a second language for 900,000 children Young children speaking English as their first language are in a minority in almost one-in-10 local authorites, according to official figures. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor The Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM BST 12 … Continue reading

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Strike Threat At Refinery Plants

Strike threat at refinery plants BBC News August 11, 2009 Thousands of construction workers are being balloted on a national strike over on-going unrest at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in north Lincolnshire. Unions claim the plant's owner Total has reneged … Continue reading

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Professional Body Claims Scottish Banks Are Abusing UK Immigration Loophole

Professional body claims Scottish banks are abusing UK immigration loophole by Mark Johnstone Global Visas August 10 2009 A professional body is criticising Scottish banks for abusing intra-company transfers to replace British contractors with foreign staff. Major banks, including HBOS … Continue reading

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July 26, 2009; New Rules Encourage Immigrants To Live In Scotland, Not England

New rules encourage immigrants to live in Scotland, not England Immigration rules are to be skewed to make it easier for foreign workers to settle in Scotland instead of England, under radical reforms to be unveiled by the Government this … Continue reading

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Muslim Europe: The Demographic Time Bomb Transforming Our Continent

Muslim Europe: the demographic time bomb transforming our continent The EU is facing an era of vast social change, reports Adrian Michaels, and few politicians are taking notice By Adrian Michaels The Telegraph.co.uk Published: 11:11AM BST 08 Aug 2009 Britain … Continue reading

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A Fifth Of European Union Will Be Muslim By 2050

A fifth of European Union will be Muslim by 2050 Britain, Spain and Holland will have an even higher proportion of Muslims in a shorter amount of time, an investigation by The Telegraph shows. By Adrian Michaels The Telegraph.co.uk Published: … Continue reading

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New Zealand Overseas Experience Students Should Be Encouraged To Stay —UK Report

NZ OE workers should be encouraged to stay – UK report The report's authors said NZ and Australian workers represented an untapped employment market. Photo / Nigel Donovan The New Zealand Herald 10:10AM Friday Aug 07, 2009 LONDON – New … Continue reading

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Immigrants Who Jeer At British Troops In The Street To Be Barred From Gaining Citizenship

Immigrants who jeer at British troops in the street to be barred from gaining citizenship By James Slack Mail Online Last updated at 10:44 AM on 03rd August 2009 Immigrants who jeer at British troops in the street or 'show … Continue reading

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Crackdown On 80,000 Immigrant Wives With Free Pass To Britain

Crackdown on 80,000 immigrant wives with free pass to Britain By Simon Walters, Political Editor Last updated at 10:03 PM on 01st August 2009 A highly controversial crackdown on immigrants accused of abusing welfare handouts is to be unveiled by … Continue reading

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Exploitation Of Workers At Top Hotels

Exploitation of workers at top hotels By Andrew Bomford BBC reporter July 31, 2009 A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of exploitation of migrant workers at some of London's leading hotels. Examination of the time sheets and pay slips of … Continue reading

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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants Here For Handouts, Says Senior Judge

Hundreds of thousands of migrants here for handouts, says senior judge By Steve Doughty Mail Online Last updated at 12:43 AM on 29th July 2009 Comments (54) Hundreds of thousands of immigrants come to Britain just to get welfare benefits, … Continue reading

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Migrants In Calais To Be Offered 1700 Pounds Cash And A Free Flight Home

Migrants in Calais to be offered 1,700 cash and a free flight home Migrants queuing up to enter Britain at Calais are to be offered over 1,700 in cash, a free flight home and retraining when they get there. By … Continue reading

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