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UK Bars Unskilled Migrant Workers From Outside EU

U.K. Bars Unskilled Migrant Workers From Outside EU (Update2) By Kitty Donaldson Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Unskilled migrants from countries outside the European Union will no longer be eligible to work in the U.K., barring thousands of potential newcomers from … Continue reading

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Nurses Told To Turn Beds To Mecca

NURSES TOLD TO TURN MUSLIMS BEDS TO MECCA Tuesday December 4,2007 Paul Jeeves Express.co.uk OVERWORKED nurses have been ordered to stop all medical work five times every day to move Muslim patients beds so they face towards Mecca. The lengthy … Continue reading

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600,000 Illegal Immigrants To Be Barred FRom GP Care

600,000 illegal immigrants to be barred from GP care By JAMES SLACK Daily Mail Last updated at 20:46pm on 2nd December 2007 Illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers could be barred from receiving free GP care. The ban is part … Continue reading

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Spy Drone To Patrol Coast In Hunt For People Smugglers

Spy drone to patrol coast in hunt for people smugglers Christine Finn and Abul Taher From The Sunday Times December 2, 2007 POLICE and border control authorities are to use an unmanned aircraft to patrol the south coast to catch … Continue reading

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Britons Want A Strict Limit On Migrants

BRITONS WANT A STRICT LIMIT ON MIGRANTS By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Correspondent Daily Express Saturday December 1,2007 VOTERS yesterday delivered a damning verdict on Labour's shambolic immigration policy and demanded an annual cap on migrants. About three quarters of … Continue reading

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Immigration Checks ‘Are Working’

Immigration checks 'are working' Drivers found carrying stowaways face hefty fines BBC News Thursday, 29 November 2007, 18:42 GMT [] British Immigration officials based in France are stopping people entering Kent illegally, according to the border control agency. The comments … Continue reading

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Hospital Staff Develop Cultural Understanding

Hospital staff develop cultural understanding Issued by Charlotte Farrar charlotte.farrar@midyorks.nhs.uk 28 November 2007 Nurses and other staff at Dewsbury and District Hospital are taking part in a training course to develop their cultural understanding as part of The Mid Yorkshire … Continue reading

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UK Population Could Soar To 90 Million

UK population could soar to 90m By Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:48am GMT 25/11/2007 The population of the United Kingdom could soar to 90 million by the middle of the century, government statisticians will say … Continue reading

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Laws To Target Illegal Foreign Employees

Laws to target illegal foreign employees Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times November 23, 2007 All job applicants will be expected to prove that they are eligible to work in Britain, under government guidelines published yesterday to tackle illegal … Continue reading

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July 21 ‘Fifth Bomber’ Jailed For 33 Years

July 21 'fifth bomber' jailed for 33 years By Matthew Moore and Duncan Gardham The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:30am GMT 21/11/2007 A member of the July 21 bombing gang who “lost his nerve” at the last minute and dumped his … Continue reading

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Failed Asylum Seekers ‘Not Being Deported’

Failed asylum seekers 'not being deported' By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph 21/11/2007 The number of failed asylum seekers being removed from the country has fallen to a five-year low, new figures have shown. Despite promises to clear … Continue reading

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Minister Admits Brown’s Skills Bid Open To All

Minister admits Brown's skills bid open to all By Stephen Adams The Telegraph 21/11/2007 Gordon Brown's pledge of “British jobs for British workers” appeared to be unravelling after a minister admitted that new training places intended to help the home-grown … Continue reading

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Cash Plea As Asylum Costs Spiral

Cash plea as asylum costs spiral Solihull.co.uk Nov 21 2007 THE SOARING cost of looking after child asylum seekers has led to Solihull Council making an urgent appeal to the Government for more financial help. Council leader Ken Meeson says … Continue reading

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Visa Red Tape ‘Blocking Road To Freedom’ For Army’s Iraqi Interpreters

Visa red tape Blocking road to freedom for Army's Iraqi interpreters Deborah Haynes in Baghdad and Sam Coates, Chief Political Correspondent Times On Line From The Times November 19, 2007 Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives helping the British Army … Continue reading

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Record Numbers Leave The Country For Life Abroad

Record numbers leave the country for life abroad 400,000 left UK in 2006, including 207,000 Britons 591,000 arrive, more from south Asia than EU states Alan Travis and Sarah Knapton The Guardian Friday November 16 2007 The number of people … Continue reading

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What Does ‘British Jobs’ Pledge Mean

What does 'British jobs' pledge mean? By Justin Parkinson Political reporter, BBC News Last Updated: Friday, 16 November 2007[] Gordon Brown's statement that he wants “British jobs for British workers” has created a political furore. Britain must be a “world … Continue reading

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Terrorists Could Strike Anywhere, Warns Gordon Brown

Terrorists could strike anywhere, warns Gordon Brown By Gary Cleland The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:48am GMT 15/11/2007 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that terrorists could attack the UK nywhere and from any place? as he prepares to unveil the … Continue reading

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Record Trends In U. K. Migration

Record trends in UK migration By Dominic Casciani The BBC News (U.K.), November 15, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7096352.stm Latest annual migration statistics show record levels of people leaving the UK – and records numbers arriving. Figures from the Office for National Statistics … Continue reading

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Octobr 28, 2007: Flagship Border Force ‘Puts Security At Risk’

Flagship border force 'puts security at risk' Insufficient staff training is undermining customs checks, claims union Jamie Doward, home affairs editor Sunday October 28, 2007 The Observer The government's flagship programme to protect Britain's borders is threatening to weaken national … Continue reading

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Inquiry Launched Into Migrant Council Housing

Inquiry launched into migrant council housing By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 3:06am GMT 03/11/2007 A major independent inquiry to determine whether immigrants are given unfair access to council housing was announced yesterday by Britain's race … Continue reading

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