Last update: Thursday, January 24, 2008, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann
In preparation for the Immigration, Residency and Protection Bill, the Department of Justice has re-floated the idea of bringing forward proposals, including legislation, for holding asylum seekers in detention centres while their applications are being ‘fast-tracked’. Det-ention, the Government says, is aimed at preventing the evasion of deportation orders by ‘unsuccessful’ asylum seekers. Under such a plan, claimants would be held while their cases are considered within days.
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