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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

    • Asylum Family threatened with losing their children

    • Liberty today added its support to calls for a national demonstration in favour of the Sukula family. The Sukulas face having their children taken into care under Section 9 of the 2004 Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act. 
    • 07.09.2005
  • Policy Briefings and Further Reading

  • We drafted briefings for each stage of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act's progression through parliament. Click here to find them.
  • Liberty’s response to Home Office Consultations on marriage to partners from overseas and marriage visas, February 2008 (PDF)
  • 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)