Refugee Council - impact report foreword 2007

05 December 2007 | Faith & Society

... in 2007 the British Government became proud of 'deporting someone every eight minutes' (Immigration Minister Liam Byrne). Deportation, including to war-zones, is a systematic British asylum policy. So is starvation, denial of essential healthcare, disbelief of the ages of unaccompanied children, and detaining people for unpredictable periods (alongside convicted criminals and in conditions considered unacceptable in prisons).For the Refugee Council website click here.

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