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| ASYLUM Click above to find out if your MP signed the Asylum Election Pledge
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 ReleasesToday Liberty announces the 1000th parliamentary candidate has signed up to the organisation’s asylum election pledge. By signing the pledge, which is promoted by Liberty, the Refugee Council and the Scottish Refugee Council, candidates agree to ‘never play fast and loose with the proud tradition of a nation that must always offer succour to those in genuine fear of persecution’. 06.05.2010
Today Liberty, the Refugee Council and the Scottish Refugee Council announced that Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and hundreds of other parliamentary candidates have signed up to the organisations’ asylum election pledge. 22.04.2010
| Liberty’s submission to the Review into Ending the Detention of Children for Immigration Purposes, July 2010 (PDF) Liberty’s Report Stage Briefing on the Borders, Citizenship & Immigration Bill in the House of Commons, July 2009 Liberty’s response to the UK Border Agency’s consultation: Earning the Right to Stay: A New Points Test for Citizenship, October 2009 (PDF) Liberty’s response to the UK Border Authority’s consultation on Reforming Asylum Support, February 2010 (PDF) Read this article on the shocking events at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre in 2006.
The Refugee Council is the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. An independent charity dedicated to providing advice, information and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees living in Scotland. 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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