A selection of recent media reports

Theresa May Facing Fresh UK Border Passport Claims In Sunday Papers
Home Secretary Theresa May is under renewed pressure after a slew of fresh allegation
The Huffington Post (08-Feb-2012)
Qatada: Minister to visit Jordan
A Home Office minister is to fly to Jordan to try to gain assurances that would enable radical cleric Abu Qatada to stan...
London Evening Standard (08-Feb-2012)
The BBC: the world's largest liberal echo chamber
There's an old saying \u2013 you can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but you can't be both. The same rule...
Telegraph Blogs (08-Feb-2012)
Raid nets illegal workers
Seven immigration offenders have been caught by the UK Border Agency during raids on businesses and residential addresse...
Newquay Voice (08-Feb-2012)
East Anglia: MEPs pledge to tackle foreign criminal 'loophole'
FOUR of the region's MEPs have vowed to push for the closure of a loophole which allows foreign criminal
East Anglian Daily Times (08-Feb-2012)
Hate preacher Hamza could be set free after bail ruling on fanatic Abu Qatada
) Abu Hamza and five other dangerous terror suspects could follow Abu Qatada in being
The Mail On Sunday (07-Feb-2012)
We must stand up to Euro judges
The decision by an immigration judge to grant bail to Abu Qatada, one of the world's most dangerous fanatics, is a truly...
Mail Online (07-Feb-2012)
As Mrs May was being beaten up, the Lib Dems kept very quiet
Theresa May had a strikingly rough time of things. She was trying to justify Government policy \u2013 do
Mail Online (07-Feb-2012)
Fence to deter immigrants
Work will start next month on a six-mile fence topped with razor wire on Greece's border with Turkey to deter illegal im...
The Independent (07-Feb-2012)
Britain must become a land of opportunity once more to attract the world's workers
COUNTRIES receive the immigrants they deserve. A migrant has 192 countries to
City A.M. (07-Feb-2012)
Bin Laden's former right-hand man in Europe released on bail
Radical cleric Abu Qatada to be confined to his home for 22 hours a day as he fights deportation
The Independent (07-Feb-2012)
Qatada back on the streets within days
Abu Qatada, the radical Islamic preacher once described as Osama bin Laden's \u201Cright hand man in Europe\u201D, will ...
Telegraph.co.uk (06-Feb-2012)
Abu Qatada release: Home Office fury as judge frees 'Bin Laden aide'
Radical Islamist cleric will walk free from Long Lartin maximum security prison afte
Guardian.co.uk (06-Feb-2012)
Why has Abu Qatada not stood trial in the UK?
Lawyers say the government was determined to pursue deportation, which was thought to be the easy option
Guardian.co.uk (06-Feb-2012)
Greece to build £2.5million six-mile razor wire wall to block worst illegal immigration route into Europe
The busiest crossing point for illegal immigrant
Mail Online (06-Feb-2012)
Radical cleric Qatada granted bail
A radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security will be released on bail within ...
London Evening Standard (06-Feb-2012)
Greece starts building border fence with Turkey
\u2014 filed under: Greece, immigration (ATHENS) - Greece on Monday started building a fence on its border with Turkey
EUbusiness.com (06-Feb-2012)
Latvian man wanted for gunpoint rape deported after being found living in Gainsborough
A Latvian man wanted for raping a teenager at gunpoint in his home countr
This is Lincolnshire (06-Feb-2012)
Abu Qatada in court seeking bail
London hearing to decide whether radical cleric should be freed after extradition to Jordan was blocked by Europe court
Guardian.co.uk (06-Feb-2012)
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News Articles for February 2006

February 28, 2006
Sir Andrew Green commenting on the release of the latest asylum statistics today


Full Text of Press Release : February 2006

February 28, 2006

Sir Andrew Green commenting on the release of the latest asylum statistics today


Commenting on the release of the latest asylum statistics today Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch, said: 'We welcome the significant fall in asylum claims last year but removals are stuck at the same level as 2004 so the Home Office have fallen well short of the Prime Minister's target.

'This means that the number of failed asylum seekers still in Britain, already about 1/4 million, is continuing to grow.

'The government have still not got a grip of asylum, let alone immigration where the numbers from Eastern Europe rose sharply by nearly 50,000 in just three months. When will the government realise that this is a small overcrowded island?'


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