Reply on the treatment of asylum seekers
Inter-agency Partnership reply to the Home Office's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers [September 2007]
In 2006, the Joint Committee for Human Rights carried out an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers. The Inter-agency partnership submitted a memorandum of evidence to the inquiry which gave numerous case-studies highlighting the impact of shortcomings in asylum support policy. The JCHR published its report: The Treatment of Asylum Seekers, in March 2007. Refugee agencies welcomed the conclusions drawn in this report. In July 2007 the Home Office response to the report was published by the JCHR. In our reply, the IAP agencies assess the Home Office response and highlight where further policy change is needed. |
