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Asylum seekers 'need NI centre' | Asylum seekers 'need NI centre' |
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Asylum seekers should not be moved from Northern Ireland to Scotland in order to process their applications, according to a new report. | Asylum seekers should not be moved from Northern Ireland to Scotland in order to process their applications, according to a new report. |
The research on how asylum seekers are treated in the United Kingdom was carried out by the Independent Asylum Commission over the past 18 months. | The research on how asylum seekers are treated in the United Kingdom was carried out by the Independent Asylum Commission over the past 18 months. |
Les Allamby, director of the NI Law Centre, supported the report's call for an information centre in Belfast. | Les Allamby, director of the NI Law Centre, supported the report's call for an information centre in Belfast. |
People should not have to travel long distances for basic advice, he said. | People should not have to travel long distances for basic advice, he said. |
"If you have a basic public inquiry about immigration needs then you have to go to either Glasgow or Liverpool," he said. | "If you have a basic public inquiry about immigration needs then you have to go to either Glasgow or Liverpool," he said. |
"We think that people should be able to access advice from the Home Office... in Belfast and not have to travel a significant distance to get information when they are prepared to open an enforcement and detention office here in Belfast." | "We think that people should be able to access advice from the Home Office... in Belfast and not have to travel a significant distance to get information when they are prepared to open an enforcement and detention office here in Belfast." |
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Paul Kazadi from the Democratic Republic of Congo speaks about the report |
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