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Media Coverage of Eastern Europeans & homelessness
In 2006 there was extensive media coverage on the plight on A8 nationals facing homelessness and destitution. A number of print and broadcast agencies have used Homeless Link’s research as the prime source for stories they have run. Member agencies have been extremely generous in their support and patience in working with the media to give a ‘human face’ to some of the stories. Below is a collection of media items concerned with Eastern Europeans and homelessness. This is by no means an exhaustive list!
September 2007
- Police chief fears migrant impact (BBC News 19-09-07)
- Huge influx of Eastern European workers (Northampton Chronicle & Echo 14-09-07)
- Union leader condemns 'abuse' of agency workers (The Guardian 10-09-07)
August 2007
- Benefits Bill for EU migrants trebles (Daily Express 22-08-07)
- East European immigration slows (BBC 21-08-07)
June 2007
- Home is a garden shed for immigrant workers (The Telegraph 03/06/07)
- Migrant Impact Forum launched as Refugee Week continues (Politics.co.uk 21-06-07)
- Terms of Reference (The Home Office)
- Reid calls for immigration debate (BBC News 21-06-07)
- New migrant worker helpline set up (Eastern Daily Press 12-06-07)
- Skills drain hurts Poland's business (Financial Times 05-06-07)
- UK citizenship 'earned by points' (BBC News 05-06-07)
- Rules to make migrants integrate (The Guardian 05-06-07)
- We're talking your language (Dorset Echo 04-06-07)
- Village hostel plan sparks fury (Lancashire Evening Post 04-06-07)
- New migrant worker helpline set up (Eastern Daily Press 12-06-07)
- How migrants really live (The New Statesman 04-06-07)
- Not Poles apart for twinning (The Hendon & Finchley Times 01-06-07)
May 2007
- Poles deciding to stay here (Banbury Guardian 31-05-07)
- Migrants who work 'are welcome here' (Cambridge Evening News 30-05-07)
- Multi-lingual police team will save cash (Peterborough Evening Telegraph 30-05-07)
- Migration from new EU states 'past peak' (Society Guardian 23-05-07)
April 2007
- Britain shamed for its 'immoral' exploitation of foreign labour (The Independent 08-04-07)
- Immigrants set up camp in Hyde Park as they hunt jobs (Evening Standard 03-04-07)
February 2007
- Homeless Polish at risk of racism, say Catholics (Inside Housing 21-02-07)
- Call to ignore A8 homeless (Inside Housing 05-02-07)
January 2007
- Homeless away from home (Society Guardian Letters 31-01-07)
October 2006
- Britain holds 'no attraction' for Romanian and Bulgarians (Guardian 28-10-06)
- Immigrants help economy grow by 3% (Guardian 27-10-06)
- Work restrictions could increase the number of rough sleepers (Guardian 24-10-06)
September 2006
- Migrant tales (Inside Housing 15-09-06)
- Happier in the UK than in Poland (BBC News 13-09-06)
- Homeless Poles too ashamed to leave UK (The Observer 10-09-06)
- At last a proper business debate on immigration (Telegraph 08-09-06)
- One in seven clients at London homeless projects from Eastern Europe (Community Care 05-09-06)
- Call to help UK's Polish homeless (BBC 02-09-06)
- EU migrants swell homeless numbers (The Guardian 02-09-06)
See our Media Centre for information on Homleless Link's media work on all issues.