| 25th September 2009 |
Letter to The Guardian: Regarding the real story of The Calais jungle. Sir, Your leader is a praiseworthy example of balanced reporting of the situation in Calais. |
| 25th September 2009 |
Letter to The Times: Regarding "Dawn raid on the jungle to end migrants' stay in Calais shantytown"
Sir, Recent media coverage of the situation in Calais ("Dawn raid on the Jungle to end migrants' stay in Calais shantytown", report, Sept 23) does not reflect the fact that some states |
| 25th September 2009 |
Letter to The Daily Telegraph: Britain's part in EU plan to share out asylum claimants between countries.
SIR – Some states, mainly on the EU's southern and eastern flanks, such as Greece and Malta, are receiving disproportionate numbers of asylum claimants. |
| 9th September 2008 |
Letter to The New Statesman: Regarding the article “ No place for children”
Dear Ms Matthias, I am writing in regard to The New Statesman’s campaign, ‘No place for children’ and would like to express our support for your appeal to the UK government to end the detention of children for immigration reasons.
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| 9th September 2008 |
Letter to The Guardian: Regarding the article “ Boy, eight, freed from detention centre after legal challenge”
Dear Mr Rusbridger, I would like to thank you for highlighting the recent detention of an eight year-old child “Boy, eight, freed from detention centre after legal challenge” (The Guardian 6 September), a situation that confirms UNHCR’s strong reservations concerning the detention of children for immigration reasons.
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| 24th December 2007 |
Letter to The Daily Mail: Regarding the article “The festive feast laid on for would-be asylum seekers massed in Calais”
Dear Mr Dacre, I am writing with concern in regard to an article by Ms Rebecca Camber in The Daily Mail of 24 December concerning foreign nationals in Calais, “The festive feast laid on for would-be asylum seekers massed in Calais”.
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| 24th December 2007 |
Letter to The Daily Express: Regarding the article "Next Stop? Yes, Britain"
Dear Mr Hill, I am writing with concern in regard to an article by Mr Nick Fagge in The Daily Express of 21 December concerning foreign nationals in Calais, “Next Stop? Yes, Britain.”
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| 20th December 2006 |
Letter to The Daily Express: Regarding the article "WPC paid ultimate price for immigration shambles"
Dear Mr O’Flynn, The UN Refugee Agency, like all in our society concerned for public safety, remains deeply shocked by the murder of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky.
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| 5th December 2006 |
Letter to The Sun: Regarding the article “Why didn’t Reid deport these criminals at once?”
Dear Mr Gaunt, Having read your column “Why didn’t Reid deport these criminals at once?”, I am troubled by the use of terminology in relation to asylum seekers.
Unsuccessful asylum claimants cannot be called “bogus asylum seekers” or “illegals”.
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| 1st December 2006 |
Letter to The Daily Express: Regarding the article “We spend £60m on failed refugees as biggest detention centre smoulders”
Dear Mr Whitehead, Having read your article “We spend £60m on failed refugees as biggest detention centre smoulders”, I am once again troubled by the use of terminology in relation to refugees and asylum seekers. |
23rd
November
2006 |
Letter to The Daily Mail: Regarding the article “400,000 and rising, the backlog of failed asylum seekers”
Dear Mr Slack,
Having read your article “400,000 and rising, the backlog of failed asylum seekers”, I am troubled that refugees have been misrepresented in such a way. |
3rd
November
2006 |
Letter to The Sun: Regarding the article “Illegal begs to be kicked out”
Dear Ms Hagan,
Having read your article “Illegal begs to be kicked out”, I am troubled that you would misrepresent asylum seeking, as there is no such thing as an “illegal asylum seeker”. It cannot be illegal to seek asylum as it is a fundamental human right under international law. |
9th
August
2006 |
Letter to The
Daily Mirror: Sue Carroll column “Wake up to home truths on asylum”
Dear Mr. Wallace, Your columnist’s story of 9 August, “Wake up to home truths on asylum” unnecessarily conflates the issues of asylum and immigration.
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16th
May
2006 |
Withdrawal from 1951 Refugee Convention: Letter to The Daily Telegraph
Dear Sir, I read with both great surprise and disquiet The Daily Telegraph's leader (13 May 2006) calling for the UK to withdraw from the 1951 Refugee Convention.
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| 16th May 2006 |
Letter to The Times: Regarding the article "Refugee behind heroin trade jailed for 22 years" (16/05/06)
Dear Mr Thomson,
For more than a half century States like the UK have used the Refugee Convention to identify individuals in need of international protection, saving over 50 million people from persecution, torture, extra-judicial execution and other human rights abuses, while screening out many millions of non-refugees.
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