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Job Fears Pressure European Governments To Act

Job fears pressure European governments to act By Estelle Shirbon REUTERS UK Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:12am BST PARIS (Reuters) – European governments are facing calls for action to prevent a sharp rise in unemployment in the worst economic upheaval … Continue reading

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The Guardian Profile: Phil Woolas

The Guardian profile: Phil Woolas The outspoken immigration minister who was pulled from Question Time Allegra Stratton The Guardian, Friday October 24 2008 “Dog whistle tactics” has become something of a political cliche, but three years ago, the term – … Continue reading

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October 223, 2008: This Is Cumbria, Not Krakow !

This is Cumbria not Krakow! Brian Nicholls NEWS & STAR Last updated 11:23, Thursday, 23 October 2008 Cumbria police officers are starting a 10 week course to learn Polish. Why? This is Cumbria not Krakow. Here we speak a fairly … Continue reading

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Mass Riot Police Operation To Break Up Calais Camps Full Of Brit-Bound Migrants

Mass riot police operation to break up Calais camps full of Brit-bound migrants By Peter Allen Last updated at 5:51 PM on 23rd October 2008 Riot police in Calais have begun a mass operation to clear illegal camps being used … Continue reading

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Mass Exodus Predicted As 400,000 Poles Face Losing Their Jobs

Mass exodus predicted as 400,000 Polish workers face losing their jobs By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:29 PM on 23rd October 2008 Up to 400,000 Polish workers in Britain and Ireland are set to lose their jobs next … Continue reading

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Tories Call For Immigration Cap

Tories call for immigration cap EPolitix.com Tuesday 21st October 2008 at 17:04 The Conservatives have called on the government to introduce a limit on economic migration from outside the EU. The Tories used an opposition day debate to say that … Continue reading

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Labour Have Said The Unsayable On Migration. But Do They Really Have The Guts To Crack Down?

Labour have said the unsayable on migration. But do they really have the guts to crack down? Mail ONLINE Last updated at 1:48 AM on 20th October 2008 Two days ago Immigration minister Phil Woolas said the government was to … Continue reading

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The Recession: No Solutiion To Large-Scale Immigration

The Recession: no Solution to Large Scale Immigration MIGRATION WATCH UK October 19, 2008 New research published today concludes that the widely forecast recession will not tackle the long term challenge of large scale immigration. The report was prepared by … Continue reading

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200 Indians Arrested In EU Human Smuggling Racket

200 Indians arrested in EU human smuggling racket PTI Sunday, 19 October , 2008, 00:22 Brussels: Fifteen members of an international human trafficking gang were today arrested in Belgium where they had brought nearly 200 Indian citizens seeking to enter … Continue reading

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Skepticism Over Minister’s Words

Scepticism over minister's words The Liverpool Echo Oct 18 2008 Opposition parties reacted sceptically to the immigration minister's call for a limit on the number of migrants coming to Britain. In his strongest comments on the subject since taking up … Continue reading

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Unemployment Total May Be More Than 2 Million By Christmas

Unemployment total may be more than 2 million by Christmas Credit crunch triggers biggest rise since 1990s London hit hardest by 'worse than feared' figures Ashley Seager, Julia Kollewe and Nicholas Watt in Brussels The Guardian, Thursday October 16 2008 … Continue reading

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2000 Retired Army Gurkhas To Settle In UK

2000 retired British Army Gurkhas to settle in UK Expressindia Posted: Oct 15, 2008 at 1752 hrs IST London, October 15: More than 2,000 Gurkhas who had retired from the British Army before 1997 will now be able to settle … Continue reading

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Romanians Call For Equal Rights

Romanians call for equal rights By Petru Clej BBC NEWS October 15, 2008 A petition signed by more than 4,000 people has been handed into 10 Downing Street calling for the work rights of Romanians in the UK to be … Continue reading

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Minister Hint On Immigration Limit

Minister hint on immigration limit The Press Association Oct 5, 2008 Campaigners for a “balanced migration” policy welcomed hints from the Government's new immigration minister that he may seek limits on the number of migrants coming into Britain. Phil Woolas … Continue reading

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Immigration Minister Phil Woolas Proposes Immigration Limit

Immigration minister Phil Woolas proposes migrant limit The new immigration minister has suggested that the Government may introduce a cap on the number of migrants coming to Britain. By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 6:58PM BST … Continue reading

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Minister Who Infuriated Muslims Is Put In Charge Of Immigration Policy

Minister who infuriated Muslims is put in charge of immigration policy By Glen Owen and Brendan Carlin Mail Online Last updated at 10:13 PM on 04th October 2008 Muslim groups expressed anger last night after a Labour politician who has … Continue reading

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The Roof Was Bound To Fall In On Labour’s Housing Market

The roof was bound to fall in on Labour's housing market Jeff Randall argues that Gordon Brown's record will be different from the Tories' of the early 1990s only in that, for many victims, the pain will be greater By … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants Stopped From Coming To Redditch

Illegal immigrants stopped from coming to Redditch Redditch Advertiser 11:33am Thursday 2nd October 2008 UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers in Calais have stopped 13 would-be illegal entrants from coming to Redditch – hidden in a refrigerated lorry full of yoghurt. … Continue reading

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Bride And Groom Arrested On Wedding Day

Bride and groom arrested on wedding day News Shopper October 1, 2008 A BRIDE and groom were arrested on their wedding day in Crystal Palace as part of a police swoop on suspected illegal immigrants. Officers from Bromley police and … Continue reading

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Gurkhas Win Immigration Court Battle

Gurkhas win immigration court battle The Associated Press Published: September 30, 2008 LONDON: A British court on Tuesday struck down immigration restrictions placed on Gurkha veterans who served in the country's armed forces, handing a significant victory to a group … Continue reading

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