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The Independent View: Honouring our refugee protection commmitments

By Marilyn Croser | Thu 7th October 2010 - 11:27 am

Asylum is a human rights issue. Given the tone of public debate in the last few years, you could be forgiven for not realising that, or having forgotten it. Asylum policy is about ensuring that people who have suffered appalling persecution are given the protection they’re entitled to. That’s not mentioned very often either. So it was heartening to see a room full of people at the Lib Dem conference in Liverpool for a discussion organised by the Refugee Council and UNHCR on ‘Asylum Policy: Honouring Our Refugee Protection Commitments’.

The meeting brought together Tom Brake MP, Roland Schilling (UNHCR UK …

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Posted in Op-eds and The Independent View | Also tagged asylum, donna covey, julian huppert, refugee council and tom brake | 3 Comments

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