Immigration Minister Damian Green announced to lead a review of how to end the widely-criticised practice of detaining children for immigration purposes. Proposals will be put forward in the coming months. (The Independent, 25 May 2010)

The number of illegal immigrants entering Europe has fallen by one third over the last year according to the EU's border control agency, Frontex. The sharp decline was attributed to the economic downturn. (Owen Bowcott, Guardian, 25 May 2010)

The extension of the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow will double the number of refugees held there. A report published by Dame Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, states that the controversial extension will deteriorate the living conditions in the centre and lead to a 'prison-type accommodation, in small and … oppressive cells' (Robert Verkaik, The Independent, 26 May 2010)

Sigrid Rausing of the Evening Standard states that there was much talk of ''fair'' migration during election  campaign and that 'Labour's dangerous game of balancing a high number of immigrants with anti-immigration tough talk and harsh policies have led to xenophobia.(Sigrid Rausing, Evening Standard, 27 May 2010)