News archive for 1999

Torture survivors' charity says Asylum Bill will create new "social underclass."
9 Feb 1999 - 12:03

The Asylum Bill presented today [subs: 02.09.99] in Parliament is an exercise in social exclusion that is likely to cause untold misery while doing little to fulfill Government promises of a fairer decision making process, says the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.