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SNP claims praise for asylum policy Print E-mail
Tuesday, 15 July 2008

SNP home affairs spokesperson Pete Wishart MP has welcomed reports that the Independent Asylum Commission (IAC) will praise the Scottish Government's policies and record on the treatment of asylum seekers when it publishes its review in Glasgow tomorrow. The IAC has undertaken a UK-wide review of the asylum system and it is expected to commend the Scottish Government’s record of speaking out against dawn raids, the detention of children at Dungavel and the ban on asylum seekers being allowed to work.

“Immigration may be reserved but morality and decency are not, and this report makes the case for the Scottish Government having responsibility for asylum seekers and immigration,” said Wishart. “The introduction of a decent immigration and asylum system, ending the detention of children and the practice of dawn raids in this country is long overdue.

“The SNP has consistently raised our fundamental opposition to dawn raids and the detention of children in Dungavel, and the Asylum Commission’s recognition of the common sense approach taken by the Scottish Government is very welcome.

“The Scottish Government, the Children’s Commissioner and the Scottish Refugee Council have all called on the Home Office to use alternatives to Dungavel rather than detain innocent children behind barbed wire. In spite of the practical steps the SNP Government has been able to take, there remain serious concerns about the detention policy being operated in Scotland as it is, and this report will make sober reading for the Home Office.

“The Scottish Government should have responsibility for asylum seekers and immigration; then we could preclude the possibility of the current failings continuing.”



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