Summary
THE Kirk launched a scathing attack on the government's asylum policy yesterday, accusing it of being concerned more with courting public opinion than with human rights, and of "eroding" the Geneva Convention.
The General Assembly gave its backing to a report which condemned the government's approach as being "the worst of all worlds" and a "wasting policy". The report lambasts the government's asylum policy as containing "a raft of intimidating legislation" that becomes increasingly concerned with pandering to public opinion rather than human rights.See the full content of this document
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Uk Asylum Policy Is Eroding Human Rights, Says Kirk
"The government has seemed more concerned with reducing the numbers [of asylum seekers] than complying with their obligations to protect those whose human rights are being violated.
It continues: "The range of measures introduc...See the full content of this document
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