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Blair Government Notices That Asylum Policies Are a Joke
From Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyThe British government has presented proposals to bring the countryâs asylum and immigration legislation in laws with those elsewhere in Europe. The amendments would speed up deportations, clamp down on rejected asylum seekers, and intensify scrutiny on immigrants using marriage or study to justify their asylum bids. .... Government figures indicate that between 80 and 90 percent of asylum claims are unfounded. The amendments, in part, seek to deal with those failed asylum seekers who remain in the country, by stripping their right of appeal. It also proposes more active identification of those immigrants who use study and marriage as a justification for their asylum claims. If the amendments are accepted, foreign nationals will have to demonstrate that they have entered the country lawfully and have permission to be there. Foreigners seeking to marry will not be allowed to do so without first demonstrating that they are in the country legitimately. "There is a lot of concern in the U.K. about bogus marriages of people just marrying U.K. citizens or EU citizens, just for right to live in the U.K., and there have been figures showing that one in five marriages in London is bogus for that reason," Brown says. Another amendment involves failed asylum applicants who cannot return to their countries of origin. Such people would now be required to perform community service to earn their living until they are able to leave the country. .... Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-06-12 |
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