Monday, July 25, 2005

Officers 'decide in advance' to reject asylum seekers / Guardian, 24 Jul 2005

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1535134,00.html
Gaby Hinsliff,
"Asylum seekers are being 'inappropriately' turned away amid a climate of political pressure and hostile media coverage, an official watchdog has warned.
Mary Coussey is the independent race monitor appointed by the Home Office to oversee instances where the usual laws on discrimination are waived to allow the immigration service to do its job. That includes allowing immigration officers to treat nationals from 'priority countries' differently from everyone else at ports of entry. "