Finally…
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Brown may do something about the Iraqi interpreters seeking UK refugee status.
But not enough, as Chicken Yoghurt explains.
As Nick Clegg said last month, there’s got to be a fairer way to treat aylum seekers, hasn’t there? It seems worth repeating his call:
We need a fair, effective and compassionate approach to asylum. Every case should be decided on its individual merits. We should find ways to accommodate some of the refugees we have helped to displace in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we should be flexible about halting temporarily deportations to countries that are manifestly dangerous, instead of exploiting every last legal loophole to remove people.
The Prime Minister has pledged to use his moral compass in leading our country. If that compass is working, it must surely direct him to a wholesale review of our asylum policies.
