Three items of concern from the UK
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1) Times suggests UK should unilaterally withdraw from Refugee Convention
2) Head of refugee legal advocacy service suggests refugees should be
accommodated on river barges
3) Human Rights Watch denouces earlier proposals
1) Times suggests UK should unilaterally withdraw from Refugee Convention
This foolish convention on refugees must be scrapped
Times 29th June 2002 Times matthew parris
"Sometimes, something is so plain that we dare not acknowledge it. At the
root of all our difficulties over immigration lies a simple cause, and
nobody in mainstream politics has the guts to admit it. It is the Geneva
Convention on the Status of Refugees. It is unsustainable and it must go. If
we cannot reach agreement internationally to wind it down, then Britain
should unilaterally withdraw."
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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-341028,00.html
2) Head of refugee legal advocacy service suggests refugees should be
accommodated on river barges
Barges plan for asylum seekers
BBC 29 June 2002
"Yes of course it's spartan, but I don't think asylum seekers would expect
anything else"
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_2073000/2073654.stm
3) Human Rights Watch denouces earlier proposals
"Straw's proposal is a major step backwards for refugee protection and
contrary to international legal norms," said Rachael Reilly, Refugee Policy
Director at Human Rights Watch. "It is especially ironic that the U.K is
moving to block asylum seekers as we mark the 50th anniversary of the
international refugee regime. These were protections the U.K. once helped
put in place."
Source: http://www.asylumsupport.info/publications/hrw/uk.htm
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