Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Asylum Slave Labourers

A Government pilot project that would have forced failed asylum seekers to work in return for their accommodation has been dropped as it amounts to "slave labour" according to Ed Murphy of the Merseyside Refugee Support Network.

Can Ed tell me why they should not be expected to pay their way like the rest of us? If these asylum seekers were paid £50 for doing some community work whilst their accommodation cost £40 per week, would Ed then be happy?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The obvious answer is to only admit as mnay asylum seekers as can be funded by genuine charity.

The government should have no other role (apart from defending the borders, which it has patently failed to do).