Asylum is about refuge, not right of residence

IN his letter headlined ‘Simplistic nonsense on immigration’ (Irish Examiner, January 20), Colin McGovern accuses me of being inaccurate.

Thu, 03 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

Really?

I don't know about Holland, but here in Ireland it is a fact that more than 90% of all asylum applications are rejected as unfounded on first application.

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