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Student Group Given 428,000 Pounds From Lottery "Good Causes" Fund

Student group given 428,000 from Lottery 'good causes' fund By Philip Johnston Last Updated: 1:57am GMT 08/03/2007 The Telegraph The group that has called for Prof Coleman's removal is the Oxford branch of Star – Student Action for Refugees. The … Continue reading

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Nepalese Gurkhas Win British Benefits

Nepalese Gurkhas Win British Benefits By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 8, 2007 The New York Times Filed at 12:07 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) — Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have been fighting for Britain but receiving unequal retirement benefits since … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigration Is "Theft From Taxpayers"

Illegal immigration 'is theft from taxpayers' BILL JACOBS The Scotsman March 7, 2007 HOME Secretary John Reid today branded illegal immigration as theft from the taxpayer. He was defending plans to introduce a text messaging scheme to warn visitors to … Continue reading

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Women For Sale In The Gatwick Slave Auctions

Women for sale in the Gatwick slave auctions 07.03.07 ThisisLondon.co.uk Sex-slave gangs are making the UK their number one target Women are being sold into prostitution in modern day “slave auctions” at Britain's airports, it emerged yesterday. The illegal immigrants … Continue reading

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Taxpayers’ Cash Funding Fight To Sack Academic

Taxpayers' cash funding fight to sack academic By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor Last Updated: 1:53am GMT 07/03/2007 The Telegraph Taxpayers are helping to fund the national body of a student organisation trying to get an academic sacked because of … Continue reading

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Students Try To Oust MigrationWatch Don

Students try to oust MigrationWatch don By Graeme Paton, Education Correspondent March 3, 2007 Last Updated: 2:03am GMT 03/03/2007 The Telegraph Academics last night condemned as a witch-hunt a student campaign to oust an Oxford don because of his links … Continue reading

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Asylum Applications Reduced By 9%

Asylum applications reduced by 9% BBC News Minister Liam Byrne said 'an important step' had been taken Asylum applications fell by 9% last year to their lowest level since 1993, Home Office figures show. At the same time the number … Continue reading

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Lord Stevens To Head Tory Border Plan

Lord Stevens to head Tory border plan Cameron vows to tighten up border controls By Paul Willis and agencies Last Updated: 1:19am GMT 27/02/2007 The Telegraph The Tories have recruited Lord Stevens, the ex-commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, to head … Continue reading

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Police Protect Girls Forced To Convert To Islam

Police and universities working together to tackle 'aggressive conversions' February 22, 2007 www.thisislondon.co.uk Extremist Muslims who force vulnerable teenage girls to convert to Islam are being targeted by police, Met chief Sir Ian Blair has revealed. Police are working with … Continue reading

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Ethnic Diversity "Not Valued" By U.K. Firms

Ethnic diversity 'not valued by UK firms' By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent Financial Times Last Updated: 1:49am GMT 21/02/2007 British business is not convinced of the value of having a multi-cultural workforce, according to a study based on interviews … Continue reading

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U.K. Fails To See Benefits Of Immigration

UK fails to see benefits of migration By George Parker in Brussels Published: February 18 2007 22:09 The UKs economy might have benefited from the surge of migration from eastern Europe, but it does not feel that way to the … Continue reading

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UK Home Office Stands By Visa And Immigration Changes

UK Home Office stands by visa and immigration changes 16 February 2007 The Guardian The British government has defended changes to its immigration and visa rules for Indians and other non-European nationals, even as Indian doctors lodged a legal appeal … Continue reading

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Chinese Pupils Lead Field In English

Chinese pupils lead field in English Alexandra Smith Friday February 16, 2007 EducationGuardian.co.uk Pupils of Chinese origin have outperformed every other British group in English by the age of 11, a new government analysis of exam results reveals. Schoolchildren of … Continue reading

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Immigrants "Overwhelm" Catholic Churches

Immigrants 'overwhelm' Catholic churches By Martin Beckford Last Updated: 1:48am GMT 16/02/2007 The Telegraph Catholic churches are struggling to cope with huge numbers of new worshippers arriving in Britain from Eastern Europe, according to a new report. In at least … Continue reading

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Judge Asks, " Why Can’t We Deport This Identity Cheat?"

Judge asks: Why can't we deport this identity cheat? By Elaine Jinks Published Date: 12 February 2007 Location: Halifax The Evening Courier A JUDGE has slammed the immigration system which has prevented him from deporting a convicted criminal. Judge Jonathan … Continue reading

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Indian Doctors In Britain Lose Legal Battles Against Immigration Changes

Indian doctors in Britain lose legal battle against immigration changes February 9, 2007 By Prasun Sonwalkar, Indo-Asian News Service London, Feb 9 (IANS) Thousands of doctors of Indian origin Friday lost their legal case against changes in immigration rules that … Continue reading

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Asylum Chief’s Service Concerns

Asylum chief's service concerns BBC News February 1, 2007 Dawn raids have led to numerous protests in Scotland The senior civil servant in charge of removing failed asylum seekers from Scotland has conceded his department is still not “fit for … Continue reading

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Muslim Extremists Are Mirror Image Of BNP, Says (Tory Leader) Cameron

Muslim extremists are mirror image of BNP, says Cameron Hlne Mulholland Monday January 29, 2007 Guardian Unlimited David Cameron today compared British Muslim extremists to the British National party, claiming that they were the “mirror image” of the racist organisation. … Continue reading

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Officers To Be Given Powers Of Arrest And Detention

Officers to be given powers of arrest and detention Alan Travis, home affairs editor Saturday January 27, 2007 The Guardian New legislation which will in effect turn the immigration service into a quasi-police force, with powers of arrest and detention … Continue reading

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Government To Tighten Border Controls

Government to tighten border controls LONDON (Reuters) – Immigration officers at airports and harbours will have new powers to arrest people smugglers or criminals under proposals unveiled on Friday aimed at fighting terrorism and curbing illegal immigration. Foreign nationals living … Continue reading

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