Isle of Man Online: "BISHOP'S WARNING OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS
21 June 2004
THE Island should make provision in law for asylum seekers or it will end up 'ashamed', Bishop Graeme Knowles has warned.
His comments came during Wednesday's Tynwald debate on Chief Minister Richard Corkill's successful motion that the provisions of the UK Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 should extend to the Island, with appropriate exceptions, adaptations and modifications.
This brings the Island further up-to-date with UK law, improving immigration control powers."
