A selection of recent media reports

Ex-Tory to fight his old seat for UKIP
A former Tory MP is to stand in Shropshire against the party in a bid to win his old seat for the UK Independence Party,...
Business.scotsman.com (15-Mar-2010)
NO JOBS...UNLESS YOU SPEAK POLISH
A FOOD company has been accused of discrimination after it emerged production line staff needed fluent Polish to land a ...
Daily Star (15-Mar-2010)
Polls apart
The way things are shaping up housing is going to be a bigger issue than at any general election for the last 50 years. ...
Inside Housing (15-Mar-2010)
'No provision' on Polish abortions
There is no provision for Polish women to travel to the UK for abortions, the Government said, as controversial adverts ...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (15-Mar-2010)
France's burka dilemma
France could become the first country in Europe to ban the burka. A draft law submitted to the French parliament would m...
BBC News Shropshire (15-Mar-2010)
Sarkozy bruised after polls setback
enlarge President Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a national beating by voters who took their frustrations over the econom...
Belfast Telegraph (15-Mar-2010)
FIRMS FACE LEGAL ACTION OVER JOBS 'ONLY FOR POLISH'
BRITISH workers last night reacted furiously to a job advert banning them from applying if they didnt speak...
Daily Express (15-Mar-2010)
20,000 FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS STAY IN BRITAIN EVERY YEAR
LABOURS immigration policy is in tatters after official figures revealed that 20,000 failed asylum seekers are allowed t...
Daily Express (15-Mar-2010)
Benefit bill soars for failed asylum seekers as Tories claim system is in chaos
Fewer than a third of failed asylum seekers told they were going to be deported in 2008 were actually removed from the U...
Daily Mail (15-Mar-2010)
UK - Immigration meat packer scandal
UK - Immigration meat packer scandal - Depending on how much is true and how much is media induced there appears to stil...
Meat Trade News Daily (15-Mar-2010)
Just 1 in 3 illegal immigrants get the boot
LESS than a THIRD of failed asylum seekers are being booted out of Britain, shock new figures...
Online Sun (15-Mar-2010)
Only Poles need apply: Factor that 'bars Britons' highlights growing market in cheap migrant labour
British workers are routinely being denied jobs in factories and food processing firms in favour of foreign applicants, ...
Daily Mail (14-Mar-2010)
Mental illness epidemic hits asylum seekers in Scotland
The head of a leading charity has accused the Government of deliberately ignoring an epidemic of poor mental health amon...
Herald Scotland (14-Mar-2010)
Refugees protest against 'United Nations of Hell' high-rise flats
Janice Burns, Sunday Mail REFUGEES seeking asylum in Scotland yesterday demanded an end to their suffering in high-rise...
Daily Record (14-Mar-2010)
The new recession lifestyle trend: quit Scotland for good
On one side of the hall, a dozen families jostle to be the next in line to inquire about a Canadian visa, while a more p...
Herald Scotland (14-Mar-2010)
Sarkozy faces heavy loss in French regional poll
French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a regional vote on Sunday that opinion polls suggest will result in a heavy loss ...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (14-Mar-2010)
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Discrimination - An even-handed response at last
This country accepted laws against discrimination because they rightly put a stop to crude, cruel and unjust behaviour b...
The Mail On Sunday (13-Mar-2010)
Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay
Lots of people seem to have been touched by the story of 31-year-old Sukhwinder Singh, who was stabbed to death in East ...
Timesonline (13-Mar-2010)
BNP 'amends' rules after decision
The British National Party began processing applications within hours of a court order banning recruitment of new member...
The Oxford Times (13-Mar-2010)
Free Churches question whether BNP should be allowed to stand in elections
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Methodist Church in Britain have questioned wheth...
Ekklesia (13-Mar-2010)

Links to other useful sites

www.balancedmigration.com
The first cross party group of parliamentarians to address how immigration into the UK can be brought back under control has been formed at Westminster.

Border & Immigration Agency (BIA).
To report allegations of breaches of the immigration law.

Center for Immigration Studies
Think tank devoted to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal and other impacts of immigration on the USA.

Council of Europe Demographic Developments

Council of Europe Publishing
List of demographic publications on minorities, etc.

Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration
European University Institute, Florence.
Analysing and forecasting migratory movements, causes and consequences that originate from, transit through, or are destined for the EU and Mediterranean partners (Barcelona Process).

Eurostat
European Data Shop

Home Office - Immigration and Nationality Department
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/
www.homeoffice.gov.uk

House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs:
The Economic Impact of Immigration Report

Immigration Control Platform
The aim of Immigration Control Platform is to address the phenomenon of immigration to Ireland and to lobby Government for a tight immigration policy.

Immigration Watch Canada
Immigration Watch Canada.org is an organization of Canadians advocating a major reduction to Canada's current record-high immigration levels and major reform to Canada's immigration policies.

International Centre for Migration Policy Development,Vienna

International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva
Documents on international migration.

Intute
Intute is a free online service providing access to web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in their database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database contained 123,410 records in May, 2008.

OECD
Annual reports on international migration. Labour Force and Economic statistics. Publications, disks.

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Official Documents
Other publications and press releases on immigration and asylum

Oxford Centre for Population Research

The Inter-Governmental Consultations for Asylum
Informal consultations

UN Development Programme

UN High Commission for Refugees
Data

Updated: 6 May 2008