this letter in the Guardian today makes the point about if the Government is looking for savings it could look at ending the inhumane and unjust system of indefinite detention for immigration purposes.
We are pleased that our proposed motion to the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth has been accepted for debate on Saturday 19th September at 3.50 p.m.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jerome-phelps/asylum-seeker-detention_b_7902716.html
We welcome the HMIP* report on Yarl's Wood, which mirrors the All Party Parliamentary report into detention findings and comes as no surprise to us having met and heard about what happens in Yarlswood from women who are or have been detained there. But the report must not just sit on shelves and inboxes.
All who are working for a better asylum/migration system in this country were encouraged by the publication of the All Party Parliamentary Group's The Report of the Inquiry into the Use of Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom and its recommendations.
Liberal Democrat for Seekers of Sanctuary have responded to the HOME OFFICE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON " REFORMING SUPPORT FOR FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS".