A selection of recent media reports

Hundreds of Olympic athletes will have to use Stansted because Heathrow cannot cope with Games rush
Hundreds of Olympic athletes and coaches will be force
London Evening Standard (16-May-2012)
Bid to hear passengers' border queue views blocked
Ministers are blocking plans to publish passengers' views on nightmare border queues and other delays, the Sta
London Evening Standard (16-May-2012)
Minister blames wrong type of wind for chaos at Heathrow
Emergency plans to hire 70 more staff at troubled Heathrow were announced by the Immigration Ministe
The Independent (16-May-2012)
Almost 4,000 foreign criminals living free in UK after dodging deportation
Almost 4,000 foreign criminals are living free in Britain as they dodg
Metro (15-May-2012)
MP concerned at 80 percent illegl immigrant hike
DUMFRIES and Galloway MP Russell Brown has expressed his dismay at shock figures which reveal an 80 percent hike i
The Galloway Gazette (15-May-2012)
Does Miliband's reshuffle signal a lurch to the left?
Labour leader Ed Miliband's surprise appointment tonight of radical left-winger Jon Cruddas to head up Labou
The Mail On Sunday (15-May-2012)
Joan tweets in fury at Theresa May over Heathrow hold-up... And look out Mrs May, she has 68,000 followers
Joan Collins yesterday joined the attack on Britain's s
Mail Online (15-May-2012)
Long queues at Heathrow Airport? That's just the wind, says Immigration Minister
Long waits for passengers at the UK's airports will depend on the wind, the Immig
London Evening Standard (15-May-2012)
Extra border staff to be hired for post-Olympics student influx
Seventy extra border staff are to be urgently recruited from within Whitehall to av
Guardian.co.uk (15-May-2012)
Visa appeals to be scrapped for many visiting family in UK
Most foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to appeal if they are refused a visa to visit family member
BBC News - UK Politics (15-May-2012)
'Forced labour' of migrants in UK food industry
Some migrant workers face threatening and inhumane conditions in parts of the UK food industry, a report claims.
BBC News (15-May-2012)
Council houses are homes for the poor, not assets for the rich
Abuse of the council housing system is rife in London. Hammersmith's bid to tackle it is to be applaude
London Evening Standard (15-May-2012)
Students ''should be in immigration stats''
The government has been accused of cooking the figures by including overseas students in immigration totals so
Publicservice.co.uk (15-May-2012)
Student visa 'chaos' led to rush of illegal immigrants
Immigration chiefs were accused yesterday of presiding over "complete chaos" when the bungled introduct
The Independent (15-May-2012)
Ministers 'playing immigration numbers game' by including students
Ministers have included overseas in the government's net migration count becau
Guardian.co.uk (14-May-2012)
Grant Shapps: £1.8m to tackle scandal of 'beds in sheds'
Department for Communities and Local Government - 14 May 2012 10:05
Wired-Gov (14-May-2012)
UK Border Agency 'detaining children in degrading conditions' at Heathrow
The UK Border Agency is detaining in "degrading and disgraceful" conditions at , accor
Guardian.co.uk (14-May-2012)
Hammond in warning on Lords reform
The coalition must not become bogged down in a complex war of attrition over House of Lords reform, a Conservative Cabin...
Daily Post (13-May-2012)
Norway immigration sees high East European numbers
Recent results from Statistics Norway (SSB) also show that Oslo, Hordaland, Rogaland and Akeshus are the places many cho...
The Foreigner (13-May-2012)
FAILED BY THE REAL RACISTS
THIS COUNTRY reached a new and sickening low last week with what is believed to be the first successful investigation in...
Express.co.uk (13-May-2012)
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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.

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

Gaia Watch of the UK
Human Population Growth and Migration have serious consequences, globally and for the United Kingdom.

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
Addresses immigration to the Republic of Ireland and lobbies its 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.

noto70million
Your chance to speak. Sign our petition to the Prime Minister at: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/19658

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

Optimum Population Trust
Towards environmentally sustainable populations.

Oxford Centre for Population Research
To promote research into the demographic problems that face developed countries of the world in the 21st century

The Inter-Governmental Consultations for Asylum
Informal consultations

UN Development Programme

UN High Commission for Refugees
Data

United Kingdom Border Agency
To report allegations of breaches of the immigration law.

Updated: 24 Nov 2011