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Today's links

UKBA to be scrapped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21941395

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UK citizenship support test.

http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/simulation-test/simulationtest/

Try it!
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Migrant voices wanted.

http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/blog/article/2561/migrant-voices-wanted

As politicians battle it out to appear the thoughest on immigration and the access to benefits migrants are entitled to, HOPE not hate would like to hear from the people being targeted. We are looking to compile a series of short articles and comments from migrant workers, overseas students and newly arrived immigrants about what they feel when the read the British press and hear our politicians? We want to know whether they feel that they are being unfairly picked on and scapegoated or whether they believe that the politicians have a fair point?

We would like to know whether the current deluge of anti-migrant articles and speeches is altering how people treat them on the street and whether they think it will put future migrants off coming to the UK.

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“Dog whistle politics”: Tories in a muddle as anti-immigrant rhetoric backfires.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-backfires-1784969

David Cameron was accused of “dog whistle politics” today after his crackdown on immigration unravelled spectacularly.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was dragged to the Commons after claiming “health tourism” was costing Britain £200million a year - 10 times the official estimate claimed by Downing Street earlier in the day.

Officials later claimed the figure was based on a decade-old report which they could not name.

Mr Hunt was forced to admit to MPs he did not know the extent of the problem but still insisted casualty units were “clogged up with people who may not be entitled” to free healthcare.

Is this the reason why? The Tories' dive to the bottom : http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/23/guardian-profile-lynton-crosby

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https://twitter.com/britcits immigrant of the day :
https://twitter.com/nick_clegg

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EU migrants flooding over here…paying for our pensions.

http://www.leftfootforward.org/2013/03/what-have-immigrants-ever-done-for-us/

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https://twitter.com/EPinUK_edu tweets :
Interested in #immigration in the EU and UK? We've collected some papers for food for thought
http://www.europarl.org.uk/view/en/Food_for_Thought/UKEUMigration.html

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https://twitter.com/BishopDudley tweets :
Been replying to emails and letters re #migration . Abusive binned. Other critics thanked with a response to their concerns. Debate matters.

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https://twitter.com/DrEoinCl tweets :
Immigrants do not put too much pressure on the NHS. In fact, without immigrant workers, we probably would not have an NHS worth speaking of.

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https://twitter.com/BenCooper86 tweets :
Of the 500,000+ Polish-born people living, working & paying tax in the UK, just 6,390 claim Job Seekers' Allowance:
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/alex-massie/2013/02/the-myth-of-the-immigrant-benefit-moocher-part-two/

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https://twitter.com/NUSISCampaign tweets :
It has been 75 days since we submitted our FOI to the Home Office/UKBA on visa delays for international students. No response yet.

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https://twitter.com/FrankSharry tweets :
How did we build an immigrant movement? We learned from gay rights advocates
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-did-we-build-an-immigrant-movement-we-learned-from-gay-rights-advocates/2013/03/22/8a0d2b9a-916e-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html

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https://twitter.com/BarackObama tweets :
"The dream became a possibility and the possibility became reality." —Tom K.
http://www.barackobama.com/stories/immigration/537/

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https://twitter.com/emmabmoussa tweets :
UKBA Arghhh just Arghhh you annoy me more than my little sister!

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https://twitter.com/EricAvebury tweets :
Hooray! #UKBA is abolished, as I have suggested; responsibility rests fairly & squarely on the Secretary of State
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/ldhansrd/text/121127-0001.htm#12112793000777

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https://twitter.com/APPGMigration tweets :
Backlogs continue to plague the Border Agency as it is found to have misled the Committee over controlled archives
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/news/130325-ukba-report-published/

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The truth about immigration. Are foreigners jumping the queue?

http://scriptonitedaily.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/the-truth-about-immigration-are-foreigners-jumping-the-queue/

The Coalition went into overdrive on immigration this week, announcing plans to put a stop to so called benefit tourism and ‘respond to the concerns of citizens’.  But what if the concerns of the citizens are misplaced?  And to what degree have these concerns been placed in the minds of the citizens? Today, we expose some of those inaccuracies and reveal the facts about immigration.

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China's red army returns online and hunts students.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/03/25/chinas-red-army-returns-online-and-hunts-students/

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Ethiopians jailed for protesting Italy's 'butcher of Ethiopia' memorial.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/03/23/ethiopians-jailed-for-protesting-italys-butcher-of-ethiopia-memorial/

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Arrest warrant issued for Egyptian blogger for a Twitter mention.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/03/26/arrest-warrant-issued-for-egyptian-blogger-alaa-abd-el-fattah-for-a-twitter-mention/

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