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Phil Woolas ‘Should Resign Over ONS Attack’

Phil Woolas 'should resign over ONS attack' Immigration minister Phil Woolas has faced calls to resign after launching a bitter attack on the Office for National Statistics. By Matthew Moore The Telegraph Last Updated: 8:27AM GMT 05 Mar 2009 Phil … Continue reading

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Phil Woolas Attacks ONS For ‘Sinister’ Immigration Data Release

Phil Woolas attacks ONS for 'sinister' immigration data release A minister has criticised the Office for National Statistics over the “sinister” release of immigration data, fuelling an increasingly bitter row between the Government and the independent body. By Matthew Moore … Continue reading

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Border Checks ‘May Discriminate’

Border checks 'may discriminate' BBC NEWS March 4, 2009 Checks on people crossing the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic may lead to discrimination, the Human Rights Commission has warned. A law which would end the passport-free zone between … Continue reading

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Circuses Are Facing A Shortage Of Tightrope Walkers, Trapeze Artists and Acrobats

Circuses facing shortage of tightrope walkers Circuses are facing a shortage of tightrope walkers, trapeze artists and acrobats because of problems with tough new immigration rules, MPs are to hear By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 6:07PM … Continue reading

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Calais Refugee Film Makes Illegal Immigration ‘Noble’

Calais refugee film makes illegal immigration 'noble' A film about a 'lovable' Calais refugee who swims across the Channel in a bid to sneak into Britain has been released in cinemas in France. Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 11:08PM GMT 01 Mar … Continue reading

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Ethnic Minority Pupils Race Ahead Of Poor White Classmates In Schools

Ethnic minority pupils race ahead of poor white classmates in schools Immigrant pupils are overtaking many white children at school because their families place more value on education, a key Government adviser has said. By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent The … Continue reading

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Calls For Brent Sharia Law Councillor To Resign

Calls for Brent Sharia law councillor to resign By Tara Brady Harrow Observer Feb 25 2009 Politicians in Brent are calling for the resignation of a councillor after he advocated the introduction of Sharia law for British Muslims on a … Continue reading

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Life Doomed By Climate Woes: Top British Scientist

Life doomed by climate woes: Top British scientist By Peter Griffiths Reuters February 25, 2009 British scientist James Lovelock, famous for his Gaia theory of the Earth being a kind of living organism, said higher temperatures will turn parts of … Continue reading

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Country’s Recession Sends Migrant Workers Home

Countrys recession sends migrant workers back home by Darren Devine South Wales Echo Feb 20 2009 A BUSINESSMAN who runs a company bringing migrant workers to Wales says they are heading home in droves as the recession hits the jobs … Continue reading

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Home Office Claims On Asylum Seeker Removals Branded A ‘Mockery ‘

Home Office claims on asylum seeker removals branded a 'mockery' Six in ten people the Home Office claims to have removed never entered the country or left of their own accord, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. By Tom Whitehead, Home … Continue reading

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Church of England General Synod Calls Asylum Seeker Amnesty

Church of England General Synod calls asylum seeker amnesty More than 300,000 asylum seekers should be allowed to stay in Britain indefinitely, the Church of England General Synod has said. By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: … Continue reading

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Countries Face New UK Visa Rules

Countries face new UK visa rules BBC NEWS February 9, 2009 South Africans will now need to provide fingerprints to enter the UK South Africans visiting the United Kingdom will need a visa, under new rules issued by the Home … Continue reading

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Recession Is Forcing Companies To Cut Back On Migrant Workers, Says Business Chief

Recession is forcing companies to cut back on migrant workers, says business chief By James Slack and Becky Barrow Daily Mail Last updated at 10:41 PM on 03rd February 2009 A top businessman has waded into the 'British jobs for … Continue reading

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British Workers ‘Needed On Farms’

British workers 'needed on farms' BBC NEWS February 3, 2009 There are plenty of “British jobs for British workers” on UK farms, a committee of MPs has been told. James Davies, who recruits East Europeans to pick fruit and vegetables, … Continue reading

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Oil Refinery Strikes : Union Leaders Warn Against Far-Right Hijacking Protests

Oil refinery strikes: Union leaders warn against far right hijacking protests Union leaders have condemned attempts by the far right to hijack the 'British jobs for British workers' protests for their own anti-immigrant agenda. By Patrick Sawer Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: … Continue reading

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Foreign Murderers Found Living In Britain

Foreign murderers found living in Britain Eighty foreign murder suspects are discovered in Britain each year after evading justice in their homelands, Scotland Yard figures have revealed. By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 10:19PM GMT 31 … Continue reading

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Wildcat Strikes Over Foreign Workers Spread Across Britain

Wildcat strikes over foreign workers spread across Britain From Times Online January 30, 2009 Wildcat strikes spread to power stations across Britain today with more than 2,000 workers at 17 different sites walking out in protest against the use of … Continue reading

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Muslim Population ‘Rising 10 Times Faster Than Rest Of Society’

Muslim population 'rising 10 times faster than rest of society' From The Times January 30, 2009 The Muslim population in Britain has grown by more than 500,000 to 2.4 million in just four years, according to official research collated for … Continue reading

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Brown Stands By British Jobs For British Workers Remark

Brown stands by British jobs for British workers remark No reason for regret, says spokesman, as striking workers adopt controversial phrase for placards Deborah Summers, politics editor guardian.co.uk Friday 30 January 2009 12.23 GMT (Protesters at the Lindsey oil refinery … Continue reading

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Deportation Delays ‘Costing 10 Million Pounds’

Deportation delays 'costing 10m' BBC NEWS January 30, 2009 Holding criminals awaiting deportation in immigration centres is costing the taxpayer 10m a year, says Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green. Nearly 1,200 ex-prisoners are being held in detention centres – at … Continue reading

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