Asylum
decisions in the wrong hands
In a letter to The Times, published on the
13th November 2002, Malcolm Smart, Director of the Medical Foundation for
the Care of Victims of Torture, argues that 30 years of immigration legislation
has only distorted the asylum system. And questions wether there is justice
within the system.
"A system in which the initial
decision-makers dwell in the same department with those who seek to deter,
detain and remove raises profound questions about natural justice. The Secretary
of State acts as both prosecutor and judge in his own court. "
Full
letter>>>
Mr Smart,
was writing in response to Ann Treneman's trilogy on asylum seekers, recently
published in The Times:
Ann Treneman's
trilogy on asylum seekers
How does
it feel to be a child in a detention centre?
Secrecy surrounds all aspects of life
inside British removal/detention centres. Ann Treneman an investigative
journalist for 'The Times', visited an asylum seeking family whilst they
were in Harmondsworth Removal/detention Centre. More>>>
Promises,
promises; why I can't go home
The government has made many announcements
on asylum, most of them come to nothing. Ann Treneman talks to asylum-seekers
to find out why.
More>>>
The asylum
lottery: More>>>
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