Asylum seeker: Bill is hypocritical

IT would be hypocritical for the Government to seek to detain people just because of their nationality after identifying with those annihilated by Nazi Germany, an asylum seeker claimed yesterday.

The asylum seeker made the charge during a press conference held in Dublin by refugee groups to discuss the Government’s new immigration bill.

The bill, if enacted, would make it easier for the Government to monitor and deport illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers.