Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Blunkett confirms move to tag asylum seekers - Scotsman, 13 July 2004

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=799842004
"Blunkett confirms move to tag asylum seekers

KEVIN SCHOFIELD

DAVID Blunkett, the Home Secretary, confirmed yesterday that the government planned a regime of electronic surveillance to track asylum seekers.

His announcement came after The Scotsman revealed how the Home Office was planning to electronically tag asylum seekers as part of a major security crackdown.

In the House of Commons, Mr Blunkett angrily denied suggestions that the government would consider tagging asylum seekers’ children. But he revealed that ministers were considering using tracking and "electronic methodology" to bring families out of accommodation centres such as Dungavel in Lanarkshire."