Refugee protection
The UK government's 'new vision' of refugee protection: a summary [June 2003]
In 2003 the Cabinet Office and Home Office developed proposals for a 'new vision' of refugee protection that is "fit for the 21st century". On 27th March 2003, the Home Office published details of its proposals in New international approaches to asylum processing and protection. The proposals were presented to the EU informal Justice and Home Affairs Committee on 28 March where it was agreed that the UK and its partners would "produce a worked up set of proposals for the June European Council, when heads of government have agreed to take this forward".
This briefing explains the key components of these proposals and outlines the Refugee Council's main concerns with them.
Published June 2003
