ICAR

Asylum and Security

With warnings of further terrorist attacks still high on the public agenda, there has been a tendency amongst certain sections of the media and some politicians to make direct and indirect links between asylum seekers and refugees and terrorism and organised crime.

Whilst several commentators have argued that the UK’s immigration generally and its asylum system specifically leaves the country vulnerable to foreign terrorists, a number of refugee and human rights organisations counter that such a claim is unfounded, unnecessarily generates public fear and demonises asylum seekers.

Last Updated: 14/05/10

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