UK MEDIA MIXES UP EASTERN NATIONS

UK media reports that the Home Office has drawn up a hit list of 45,000 "undesirable" Bulgarians (called by the Independent Hungarians) and Romanians before these countries join the European Union next year, EUexpands reports.

“The secret "warnings index" of alleged criminals and possible security risks is intended to alert officials to the identities of people who will be given the legal right to live in Britain after the two countries join the union”, the Independent writes.

“The Home Office says that up to 140,000 Bulgarians and Hungarians may migrate to the UK”, the paper adds mixing the nationalities again.

But the story goes on explaining that The Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has accused the Home Office of " inadequate" enforcement of its own immigration rules, and of being riddled with "structural and operational failures".

The MPs reveal in a report today that more than 700 charges of corruption were made against immigration officials in 2004-05, which lead to 31 staff being referred for prosecution.