asylum: kids to be locked up and deported
internationalist | 15.04.2002 14:55
"Suffer the little children who come unto Britain, for theirs shall be the kingdom of the accommodation and removal centre"
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, chapters 2 & 5, verses numerous
"and deportation, shall follow them, all the days of their lives."
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, chapter 4, verse 52
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, was published last Friday the 12th of April. Its sheer nastiness beggars description. None of the concerns of those asked to submit consultative papers on the bill were met. NCADC doubts the papers were even read.
Children who have no choice of where they are born, or choice of what countries their parents choose to seek asylum, are the latest targets of New Labour's immigration paranoia.
Legislation now going through parliament, if it becomes law, will mean that children on arrival will face Induction Centres, Accommodation Centres and Removal Centres.
Children held in accommodation centres will be subject to statutory segregation, they will not be allowed to attend schools or nurseries outside the centre. (Part 2, clause 30,3).
Children can be served with deportation notices, along with their parents. (Part 4, clause 52,1)
If they are dispersed into the community, they will find themselves in the most deprived areas of the UK. If their parents asylum claim fails, the children no matter how young or however long they have been here, can be put in detention to await removal. In all of this they will have no say.
For their parents and individuals the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, just means more detention and dispersal, which always lead to discrimination, destitution, self harm, and more than likely back to detention and then removal. All this they face if they don't die trying to get here or commit suicide in desperation not to be returned to their country of origin.
Families in accommodation centres will be means tested, (part 2, clause 27).
Sentence first, judgement afterwards: Super fast tracking - a deportation order can be served and removal directions set on the same day that an asylum claim is made, or any time afterwards, (part 4, clause 56, 4a), though not enforceable till final decision on claim.
These are just a few examples of a thoroughly unjust bill. David Blunkett said when presenting "Secure Borders, Safe Haven", the precursor to the bill, this would create a "more robust, faster and efficient system." Robust it certainly is, if R is for rotten, O for obscene, B for brutal, U for ugly, S for sick and T for tyrannical.
"The bill is even harsher than the white paper," Habib Rahman, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
"The government's proposals to crack down on those who abuse the asylum system is in real danger of cracking down on those who genuinely need it - those who have been persecuted in other countries, those who have a right to be here." John Wadham, director of Liberty.
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, is not yet law. Let your MP know what you think about the new bill. Use Faxyourmp.com which you can access from the left hand frame at:
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, chapters 2 & 5, verses numerous
"and deportation, shall follow them, all the days of their lives."
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, chapter 4, verse 52
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, was published last Friday the 12th of April. Its sheer nastiness beggars description. None of the concerns of those asked to submit consultative papers on the bill were met. NCADC doubts the papers were even read.
Children who have no choice of where they are born, or choice of what countries their parents choose to seek asylum, are the latest targets of New Labour's immigration paranoia.
Legislation now going through parliament, if it becomes law, will mean that children on arrival will face Induction Centres, Accommodation Centres and Removal Centres.
Children held in accommodation centres will be subject to statutory segregation, they will not be allowed to attend schools or nurseries outside the centre. (Part 2, clause 30,3).
Children can be served with deportation notices, along with their parents. (Part 4, clause 52,1)
If they are dispersed into the community, they will find themselves in the most deprived areas of the UK. If their parents asylum claim fails, the children no matter how young or however long they have been here, can be put in detention to await removal. In all of this they will have no say.
For their parents and individuals the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, just means more detention and dispersal, which always lead to discrimination, destitution, self harm, and more than likely back to detention and then removal. All this they face if they don't die trying to get here or commit suicide in desperation not to be returned to their country of origin.
Families in accommodation centres will be means tested, (part 2, clause 27).
Sentence first, judgement afterwards: Super fast tracking - a deportation order can be served and removal directions set on the same day that an asylum claim is made, or any time afterwards, (part 4, clause 56, 4a), though not enforceable till final decision on claim.
These are just a few examples of a thoroughly unjust bill. David Blunkett said when presenting "Secure Borders, Safe Haven", the precursor to the bill, this would create a "more robust, faster and efficient system." Robust it certainly is, if R is for rotten, O for obscene, B for brutal, U for ugly, S for sick and T for tyrannical.
"The bill is even harsher than the white paper," Habib Rahman, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
"The government's proposals to crack down on those who abuse the asylum system is in real danger of cracking down on those who genuinely need it - those who have been persecuted in other countries, those who have a right to be here." John Wadham, director of Liberty.
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum bill, is not yet law. Let your MP know what you think about the new bill. Use Faxyourmp.com which you can access from the left hand frame at:
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/
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