Asylum causing more and more concern

Asylum causing more and more concern

	Published : Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:10 By : Nick Jameson Print this Story

I have noticed during conversations with people more and more of them are very concerned and yes worried by the ongoing issues and problems with the asylum system in this country. Obviously the much publicised saga of what has happened to released foreign criminals, many of whom should have been deported from the UK has not helped and has probably fuelled peoples anguish.

Where are these people now and why can’t they be found? We can track and capture on camera motorists who offend, most towns and cities have street cameras, one assumes these offenders had finger prints taken, photos taken for their criminal record file at the very least, along with a previous address of friends etc. What are they living on and so on?

A comment I have heard frequently, particularly in the case of convicted paedophiles was that most people thought these types of offenders would automatically be placed on a sex offenders register and the police in the area the person was going to live in would be notified, is this not the case for foreign offenders?

One assumes particularly if it was an asylum seeker who had committed this type of crime more comprehensive rigorous checks and records would have been undertaken and kept ready to be acted on prior to the release date. It appears less not more conditions and safeguards were in place when these prisoners were released into our society.

Is the problem to do with the Human Rights Act the government signed up to which so often appears to get in the way of what is right and best for our country and its citizens? The government must take full responsibility for the chaos of the present asylum problems and of immigration in general. They must come up with workable solutions sooner rather than later, no more excuses the problems are real now.

The issues of immigration and asylum in this country and the difficulties, need to be managed and planned more effectively in the future, several suggestions I personally have heard include ‘opting out’ of the Human Rights Act as it is now, it obviously is not workable in its present form or is not working in the best interests of this country.

The peoples elected government need to be able to deal with all the problems that effect the security, safety and health of the country, we all have Human Rights.

One popular proposal is to suspend immigration for awhile or take in a fixed quota per year only, this would free up staff and resources to sort out the asylum fiasco the back log of failed and new applications. This solution may also help create some time to put in place reforms for the future.

These issues will not go away; our politicians and policy makers cannot turn a blind eye and blame others, hope it all goes away, we deserve more, people are genuinely worried and upset; something has to be done for the good of this country and its citizens.