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British Workers For British Jobs, Says Brown

British workers for British jobs says Brown By George Jones, Toby Helm and Graeme Wilson The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:39am BST 07/06/2007 Gordon Brown promised yesterday to launch a drive to train thousands of unemployed workers for jobs currently being … Continue reading

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Move To Simplify Immigration

Move to simplify immigration laws BBC News June 6, 2007 Eleven acts, plus other guidelines, cover immigration and asylum The Home Office plans to simplify the “very complex” immigration and asylum laws, minister Liam Byrne has said. A public consultation … Continue reading

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New Concerns Over Right To Detain Travellers

New concerns over right to detain travellers Alan Travis, home affairs editor Wednesday June 6, 2007 The Guardian Civil liberty campaigners last night voiced fresh concerns over police and immigration counter-terrorism powers to question and detain for up to nine … Continue reading

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Are Faroes A New Gateway For Illegal Immigrants To Be Trafficked Into Scotland?

Are Faroes a new gateway for illegal migrants to be trafficked into Scotland? MICHAEL HOWIE (mhowie@scotsman.com) June 4, 2007 Investigation into possible immigration route via Faroes Faroes self-governing territory of Denmark with required passport check Ten illegal immigrants arrested after … Continue reading

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More Britons Look For A Better Life Down Under

More Britons look for a better life Down Under By Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:01am BST 03/06/2007 They've got the Ashes, a beach lifestyle, and prawns sizzling on the barbie. We've got crime, high house … Continue reading

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Home Is A Garden Shed For Immigrant Workers

Home is a garden shed for immigrant workers By Nick Britten The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:39am BST 03/06/2007 Audio: Don't stifle the debate So many migrant workers are entering Britain that they are being housed in garden sheds. Brick-built sheds … Continue reading

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1000 Men Living Legally With Multiple Wives Despite Fears Over Exploitation

1,000 men living legally with multiple wives despite fears over exploitation Dominic Kennedy From The Times May 28, 2007 Polygamous marriage is flourishing as the Government admits for the first time that nearly a thousand men are living legally with … Continue reading

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Tories Would Raise Foreign Spouse Age Limit

Tories would raise foreign spouse age limit By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:32am BST 27/05/2007 The Tories would raise the age for non-EU foreign brides and grooms coming to the UK from 18 to 21, … Continue reading

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Oil Tycoon Plans Charity To Help Immigrants To Assimilate

Oil tycoon plans charity to help immigrants to assimilate Sylvia Pfeifer, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:54pm BST 26/05/2007 The billionaire head of London's largest independent oil and gas company, Addax Petroleum, which listed on the stock exchange last week, has … Continue reading

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Blow To Reid Over Ban On "Sham Marriages"

Blow to Reid over ban on sham marriages Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times May 24, 2007 John Reid failed yesterday in his attempt to overturn a ruling that Home Office regulations to curb sham marriages were in breach … Continue reading

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Rules In Sham Marriage "Unlawful"

Rules on sham marriage 'unlawful' By Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 15:43 GMT 16:43 UK[] Controversial immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are unlawful, says the Court of Appeal. Judges said the … Continue reading

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Blair’s Asylum Pledge Broken As Removals Drop

Blair's asylum pledge broken as removals drop By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:30am BST 23/05/2007 The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the country has fallen by a third in a year, according to … Continue reading

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Council Housing, Migration, And Insecurity

Council housing, migration, and insecurity Patrick Wintour, political editor Tuesday May 22, 2007 The Guardian Jon Cruddas, the one-time dark horse candidate for the Labour deputy leadership, launches his campaign today with the claim that far from offering a leftwing … Continue reading

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Shelter Responds To Minister’s Immigration Comments

Shelter responds to ministers immigration comments Monday, 21 May 2007 Shelter has responded to comments from a government minister that British families should have priority for social housing over new arrived immigrants, with the exception of refugees. Industry Minister Margaret … Continue reading

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50,000 A Month Arrive From Two New EU Nations

50,000 a month arrive from two new EU nations By STEVE DOUGHTY, Social Affairs Correspondent – Daily Mail Last updated at 09:21am on 10th May 2007 The number of visitors from Eastern Europe has risen by a quarter since Romania … Continue reading

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Cost Of ID Cards Rockets By 840 Million Pounds

Cost of ID cards rockets by 840m Alan Travis, home affairs editor Thursday May 10, 2007 Guardian Unlimited The official estimated cost of the controversial national identity card scheme has soared in the last six months by an extra 840m … Continue reading

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Amnesty Demanded For 500,000 Migrants

Amnesty demanded for 500,000 immigrants Last Updated: 2:05am BST 10/05/2007 The Telegraph A mass rally yesterday called for a one-off amnesty to allow hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the UK to become full citizens. (Photo: Thousands of demonstrators, … Continue reading

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Immigration Bill Backed By MP’s

Immigration bill backed by MPs Scotsman.com News May 10, 2007 TOUGH new laws aimed at tightening the government's grip on immigration cleared the Commons last night. The UK Borders Bill will introduce compulsory biometric ID cards for non-EU nationals and … Continue reading

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English "To Be Second Language" In GCSE Plan

English 'to be second language' in GCSE plan By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:43am BST 07/05/2007 Pupils who speak English as their second language could sit a separate GCSE in the subject under plans being drawn … Continue reading

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Foreigners In UK Jails Cost 398 Million Pounds

Foreigners in UK jails cost 398m By staff and agencies The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:05am BST 03/05/2007 Keeping foreign nationals in overcrowded British jails is costing the taxpayer more than 398 million a year, it has been claimed. Figures obtained … Continue reading

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