North's asylum seeker policy criticised

The North's Human Rights Commission today hit out at the system of detaining asylum seekers at a controversial detention centre in Scotland.

North's asylum seeker policy criticised

The North's Human Rights Commission today hit out at the system of detaining asylum seekers at a controversial detention centre in Scotland.

At a seminar in Belfast, Chief Commissioner Monica McWilliams expressed grave concern about the Immigration and Nationality Service’s decision in January to transport asylum seekers who arrive in the North across the Irish Sea to Dungavel detention centre near Strathaven in Lanarkshire.

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