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Asylum-seekers - right of appeal?

01 July 1991

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The Home Secretary intends to create a statutory right of appeal for asylum-seekers who are refused refugee status to preempt criticism from the European Court of Human Rights on the lack of such an appeal right. For years, refugee groups have campaigned for a right of appeal before the rejected asylum-seeker is sent home. But the Refugee Forum was sceptical about the proposals. A spokesperson, said "Of course, refugees will welcome anything which makes the system fairer, but we have been told that the system Kenneth Baker is setting up is designed to expel people as quickly as possible unless they can prove they have a well- founded fear of persecution. How can we have faith in a system whose aim is not to secure justice for those now denied asylum, but simply to turn them round faster? The definition of refugee must be broadened to include victims of war, civil war and natural disaster, if refugees are to be treated justly." Guardian 15.6.1991.

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