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| ASYLUM The rights and freedoms we campaign to protect belong to every person in the UK – to immigrants and those seeking asylum as much as to British citizens.
Some of the Government's immigration and asylum policies have undermined these basic rights. By denying support to those who do not apply for asylum at the earliest opportunity, many were led to destitution.
Liberty intervened in a case which established that denying the basic necessities of life to people who aren't allowed to earn, and so can't provide for themselves, constitutes 'inhuman or degrading treatment', prohibited by the Human Rights Act.
Since 9/11 we have seen an alarming tendency to treat counter-terrorism as a question of immigration control. This way the Government can appear 'tough' on terrorism without being 'tough' on the majority of the voting population. But this suggests that there is a connection between someone’s nationality and the question of whether they pose a threat to our security. This has fed community unrest, marginalisation and even violence against minority groups. Press Releases
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Lobby your MP to sign Liberty's Asylum Election pledge to reject xenophobia in discussions about asylum and immigration policy. | |
Liberty’s Briefing on the Borders, Citizenship & Immigration Bill for Second Reading in the House of Commons, May 2009 (PDF) Liberty’s Briefing on the Borders, Citizenship & Immigration Bill for Second Reading in the House of Lords, February 2009. Liberty’s response to the Home Office Consultation: Code of Practice to Keep Children Safe from Harm Whilst in the United Kingdom, April 2008 (PDF) Liberty’s response to the Home Affairs Select Committee call for written evidence on the Draft Immigration & Citizenship Bill, September 2008 (PDF) Read this article on the shocking events at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre in 2006.
Ask your MP to sign an EDM calling for an end to the costly and ineffective supermarket voucher system for refugees. RLC provides legal advice and representation. Information on immigration and refugee law in Britain & Europe. JCWI provides advice, casework and training. BID works with asylum seekers and migrants detained in removal centres and prisons.
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