Britain | Asylum
Lunatic
The argument on asylum is nonsensical and dishonest
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A FORMER Conservative immigration minister recalls cartloads of files being wheeled past him, so that officials could “truthfully” reply to parliamentary questions that the files had personally been reviewed by the minister. The debate over asylum during the election campaign is similarly surreal.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Lunatic”
From the May 26th 2001 edition
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