Scotsman.com News - Politics - Refugees may go to Europe over tagging: "Refugees may go to Europe over tagging
FRASER NELSON
POLITICAL EDITOR
9 July 2004
ASYLUM seekers in Scotland who are forced to wear electronic tagging devices by the Home Office will be able to appeal to the European Court of Justice, it was claimed yesterday.
Cameron Fyfe, one of Scotland�s leading compensation lawyers, has said that only convicted criminals should be subjected to tagging - and that human rights legislation protects everyone else.
But the Home Office said it is confident of pressing ahead with its plans to use Scotland as a testing ground for plans to fit tags to asylum seekers in a deal with Reliance Monitoring Services. "
