Media Archive

BBC News Online
Archbishop steps into asylum debate - 02.02.03
The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed support for holding asylum seekers in secure accommodation until it is clear they pose no danger.
Blunkett fears asylum backlash - 23. 01. 03

Home Secretary David Blunkett fears that controversy over asylum seekers could end up with people
"taking the law into their own hands".

Tougher asylum measures enforced - 08.01.03
People applying for asylum well after arriving in the UK will no longer get state support under measures
coming into force on Wednesday.

Refugee dispersal: Is it working? - 08.01.03

The Guardian
Asylum hotel scheme thrown into disarray - 21.01.03

Bosnian Refugees Suffered Trauma in UK - 20.11.02

American firm in Bosnian sex trade row poised to win MOD ... - 29.11.02

The Independent
Britain 'may abandon asylum rules' - 27.01.03

Now it's fashionable to berate asylum-seekers - 27.01.03

Hysteria is an ally of racism- 26.01.03

And now they have five. But what happens when the BNP wins a seat? - 25.01.03

Blunkett voices fears of asylum backlash in Britain - 21.01.03

The Daily Mail
Asylum: it just gets worse - 30.11.02

The Daily Express
Tolerant Britain - 04.12.02

Asylum Seekers: you can all stay - 29.11.02


Evening Standard 7-11-02

Daily Mirror
BLAIR RISKING ASYLUM SPLIT - 28.01.03

BLAIR: I'LL MAKE ASYLUM HARDER - 27.01.03

MP SLAMS BNP ELECTION WINNER - 25.01.03

ASYLUM: BLUNKETT ATTACKS RIGHT-WING - 24.01.03

ALARM AT ASYLUM CHAOS 'NOT RACIST' - 22.01.03

OUR PEOPLE NEED A SAFE REFUGE TOO - 22.01.03

ARMED POLICE RAID NOTORIOUS MOSQUE - 21.01.03

WHY IMMIGRATION IS GOOD FOR BRITAIN - 20.01.03

WE MUST NOT LET VIOLENT FEW TAINT REFUGEES -17.02.03

ENGLAND: WE WILL PLAY IN ZIMBABWE - 14.01.03

SUSPECTS POSED AS REFUGEES- 09.01.03

MAN HELD IN HUNT FOR RICIN GANG- 08.01.03

How to get shot of gun culture -06.01.03

MIGRATE BRITAIN- 28.23.02

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Daily Telegraph Search - since 1996
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Guardian Media - since 1996
An excellent archive search. Search by headline or text.

The Independent
Type your search words in the box on the Home Page.

The Times and The Sunday Times - since 1985
Searching the archive is free. The sample search will return one page of results matching your request, each result displaying the heading and the first paragraph of the article. The ability to retrieve an entire article is exclusive to subscribers. (Prices depend on quantity; from 10p to £1 per article).

The Financial Times
Offers a free 15 day trial to use the archive. Excellent search engine.

Daily Mirror
Has a search engine on the Front Pages.

The Sun
Has a search engine for today's articles on the Home Page. Previous issues of the Sun and News of the World can found on the Archive at 40p per article.


Not all newspapers have a Web archive. However, all newspapers are archived at the British Library Newspaper Library.

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