British National Party UK Immigration News Bulletin w/c April 23, 2007
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1. IMMIGRATION THREATEN BRITAIN AS NATION – THINK TANK

Once again, the establishment admits something the BNP has been saying for years

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/21/nbyrne221.xml

Immigration may be threatening Britain's status as a country, it has been claimed. A pamphlet by social policy think-tank Civitas said the UK may already have reached a ‘tipping point’ where it can no longer be regarded as a single nation. David Conway, the author, said that if Britain has become a ‘nation of immigrants’ it could lead to political disintegration. The 100-page booklet said: ‘Those for whom this country has been a model of tolerance and freedom cannot but have cause for deep concern about the seemingly reckless pace and scale on which immigration has recently been allowed to proceed. ‘As a result of it, the country may possibly have reached a tipping point beyond which it can no longer be said to contain a single nation. Should that point have been reached, then, ironically in the course of Britain having become a nation of immigrants, it would have ceased to be a nation. ‘Once such a point is reached, political disintegration may be predicted to be not long in following.’ Mr Conway, a senior research fellow at Civitas, disputed a claim made by the Commission for Racial Equality in 1996 that ‘everyone who lives in Britain today is either an immigrant to the descendant of an immigrant’. The author said: ‘The view that Britain is a nation of immigrants suggests Britain has always experienced immigration on its present-day scale, which is not the case.’ David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said: ‘This report suggests that the Government's inability to get a grip on immigration or put a limit on numbers entering the UK is destabilising British society. We know that unchecked immigration is putting pressure on housing and local services. Now this report shows that its effects are potentially even more serious.’

2. MIGRANTS SWELLING UK POPULATION BY 500 A DAY

http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2061294,00.html

There was a net increase of 185,000 in Britain's population due to immigration in 2005 - the equivalent of an extra 500 people a day, according to official figures published today. The Office of National Statistics estimate that 565,000 migrants arrived in Britain in 2005 intending to stay for at least a year. This is the second highest total recorded since 1991 and was partly fuelled by the EU accession of Poland and the other former communist east European states in April 2004. At the same time, 380,000 people - over half of them British citizens - left the country to live abroad, with Australia the most popular destination followed by Spain and France. The annual level of migration from Britain has risen each year since 1998, when 251,000 left in the first full year of Tony Blair's government. Although the largest single increase in new migrants to Britain came from Poland, with 57,000 arriving in 2005 compared with only 17,000 the year before, more long term migrants actually came from India. The ONS tables show that 99,000 new migrants came from India during the two years 2004 and 2005, compared with 76,000 from Poland with China third with 59,000. The annual figures also confirm the trend towards people coming to Britain on a less permanent basis. About 250,000 of the 565,000, or 44% who came, said they intended to stay for only one or two years. This compares with 37% in 2001. A further third said they intended to settle in the UK for more than 4 years. A breakdown of the occupations of new migrants also shows that 170,000 of them describe themselves as 'professional or managerial' and only 143,000 intend to work in 'manual or clerical jobs'. Work is the most important reason for immigration to Britain with 28% having a definite job to go to and 15% of those who came said they were looking for work. A further 128,000 of the total came to Britain as students. Asylum seekers and their families made up only 11,000 of the total immigration figure - the lowest level since 1991. The ONS said that the 185,000 increase in net international migration was the main reason why Britain's population continued to rise in 2004-2005, with the birthrate adding 127,000 to the total. The latest government estimates for the long-term immigration trend to Britain assume that it will continue at the slightly lower level of 145,000 a year.

3. ASYLUM SEEKER SUES HOME OFFICE FOR LACK OF POOL TABLE

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007190137,00.html

AN asylum seeker is suing the Home Office for £50,000 — because there was no POOL TABLE at his deportation centre. Mohamed Sadikeen, a convicted criminal, claims he suffered ‘humiliation’ at being held following a spell in jail. And he says he endured ‘distress’ because there was no games room in the unit. Sri Lankan Sadikeen, 39, spent a year at Campsfield House, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, while officials decided whether to deport him. They eventually reversed a previous decision and ruled he could stay in Britain. Now Sadikeen is using legal aid to demand aggravated damages at London’s High Court. He also alleges he was kept in dirty conditions. The dad of two originally entered Britain in 1993, was booted out in 1995, but sneaked back in 1997. He was jailed for three years in 2002 for conspiracy to steal but served less than half his sentence. Yesterday Sadikeen, now of Southfields, South West London, refused to comment.

4. INDIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT NEW IMMIGRATION RULES

With all due respect to the Indians, they don’t run their country for our benefit, so we are under no obligation to run ours for theirs. Their economy is booming, and they have absolutely no excuse to be taking jobs here. (India has a ‘brown only’ immigration policy, by the way.)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_
World/Indians_slam_UK_ministers_tardiness/articleshow/msid-1925629,curpg-2.cms

Indians campaigning against the British government's allegedly ‘unfair and retrospective’ application of tough new immigration rules on the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) have expressed concern it is appearing to break promises all over again. On Thursday, sections of the estimated 30,000 Indians who claim they are disenfranchised by Britain's new immigration rules told TOI they were deeply disappointed that immigration minister Liam Byrne had still not communicated the results of his promised review on HSMP visa-holders. Byrne, who met some of the Indian HSMP visa-holders on March 26, had promised to ‘reflect’ on their tales of woe and their anguish at Britain's ‘retrospective’ application of tough new HSMP visa rules. The minister had promised to get back to the organization representing HSMP visa-holders, the HSMP Forum Ltd within 10 days. Nearly three weeks later, the HSMP visa-holders say Byrne has still not told them if or when his government will provide retrospective justice to the thousands of engineers, doctors, teachers, techies and other Indians who now face deportation from Britain. HSMP campaigners said the Indians were very worried about Byrne's tardiness in dealing with their cases because ‘every day, deportation orders are going to more and more HSMP visa-holders’.

Byrne's allegedly Sphinx-like silence on the tangled HSMP visa-holders complaints of ‘injustice’ came as he unveiled the timetable for the UK's tough new Australian-style points based system for migration, which will make it harder for low-skilled non-Europeans to come to Britain to work. The new scheme, which will be phased in from early 2008, is meant to enable the British government ‘to manage migration to the UK more effectively, tackle abuse and attract the most talented workers into the UK economy’, Byrne said from Australia, where he toured Australian border controls with his Australian counterpart Kevin Andrews and attended the fourth annual 'Four Country' Conference on immigration, which includes Australia, the US, Canada and the UK. Byrne conceded from Sydney that ‘With the exception of an elite group of highly skilled migrants all other foreign workers or students will need a UK sponsor to vouch for them and help us make sure they are playing by the rules.

A new £20-million network of Border and Immigration Agency officers will be making the checks.’ He emphasized that the toughening up of Britain's immigration policy was a sign of the times because ‘Migration has to support Britain's national interests. A new Australian-style points-based system will be simpler, clearer and easier to enforce. Crucially it will give us the best way of letting in only those people who have something to offer Britain.’ In a sign that the four main destinations for immigrants from the developing world – Canada, Australia, the US and UK – sometimes known as the 'shining WASPs' – are increasingly joining forces to manage migration, the British minister added that ‘the discussions taking place in Australia with the United States, Canada, and Australia will help us work globally to tackle the global phenomenon of illegal immigration and make it easier for legal travellers to move quickly’. Announcing the UK's new timetable for the points-based immigration system, Byrne said tier one, which caters for highly-skilled migrants such as scientists and entrepreneurs, would be launched at the beginning of 2008 but tiers two, four and five would be left for later. He said tier 2, targeting skilled workers with a job offer and tier five, for youth mobility and temporary workers, would come into force in the third quarter of 2008. He said tier four, for students, would start at the beginning of 2009.

As expected, he said nothing at all about tier three, which comprises low-skilled workers filling specific temporary labour shortages, e.g. . construction workers for a particular project. He said the new system of sponsorship by employers and educational institutions to ensure compliance with immigration rules would be introduced as part of the new system in early 2008. The minister's revelations came as Indian HSMP campaigners complained about Byrne's tardiness in dealing with sensitive, pending immigration issues such as their own. They said they reminded Byrne he owed them an answer by writing to him nearly 10 days ago. They said their letter reiterated the urgency of the Indians' plight and reminded the minister that ‘many of the HSMP holders are eagerly waiting to hear from you ... many people's visas are being refused on a daily basis’. They said they requested Byrne to instruct government officials ‘to stop issuing any more refusals’ if he was still to make a decision on the HSMP visa-holders' plight. Late on Thursday, HSMP Forum Ltd coordinator Amit Kapadia complained that the British government appeared to be willing not to apply the new Australian points-based immigration system with retrospective effect. And ‘yet they apply the new HSMP rules retrospectively. This is not fair’. He said ‘the Home Office ...should remove the retrospective changes implemented in November 2006 on thousands of HSMP holders and their families’

5. ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL LABOUR IN HOLLAND

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=39025

Authorities in four regions are cracking down on illegal and under-the-table work in restaurants, bars and other catering establishments (the ‘horeca’ sector). The labour inspectorate, tax authority, UWV benefits administration, aliens' police and municipalities are cooperating in ‘Horeca Intervention teams’ in Gelderland, Zuid-Limburg, the three northern provinces and the northern part of Noord-Holland. The labour inspectorate announced this on Monday. In particular, snack bars, shoarma shops, and restaurants with foreign cuisine can expect a visit. Checks by the intervention teams in different regions last year indicated that about a quarter of the businesses visited were employing illegal aliens. Personnel must be able to identity themselves during these checks for under-the-table work, permits, illegal labour and housing for employees. Workers who cannot show identification can be fined on the spot. Employers found to be involved in fraud will also be fined and forced to pay any back taxes or premiums.

6. MALAWI SUPPORTS STRICT IMMIGRATION LAWS

Interesting how some African governments are more determined to protect their borders and people than the British political elite.

http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4381

The Republican Party (RP) has thrown its full weight behind suggestions made at the second constitutional review conference in Lilongwe last week to tighten the country’s immigration laws. Delegates at the conference observed that the current immigration laws were weak and needed to be strengthened to catch up with illegal immigrants flooding the country. RP spokesperson Effie Somanje, who attended the conference, said her party had noted with regret the current trend where illegal immigrants find their way into locations and establish businesses. ‘You wonder why we take this lightly. This cannot happen in other countries, but we see the illegal immigrants settling in our communities and marrying Malawian women in marriages of conveniences. ‘It’s time something was done. This is a security matter and the Immigration department should treat the matter with the seriousness it deserves,’ Somanje said. Among the delegates who spoke tough on the matter were Mzuzu City MP Good Kayira, Dowa North East MP Alice Ntodwa Mwale and MCP vice-president and spokesperson Nicholas Dausi. The three-day conference ended on Thursday.