Rights of Asylum seekers
When seeking asylum In detention
Whilst the government makes out that seeking asylum is illegal, it actually is not. The United Nations state that travelling and entering a country without the appropriate leagl documents 'should not be treated as illegal if seeking asylum'. This is because seeking asylum is only done under the most dire of circumstances. People are forced to flee from fear of persecution or war. Because of this many do not have their travel documents. The exception made is similar to an ambulance. 'permitting asylum seekers to enter a country wihtout travel documents is similar to allowing ambulance drivers to exceed the speed limit is an emergency- the action would ordinarly be percieved as illegal, but the circumstances warrant exception.' When we think about it this way we realise that just like we would in any circumstance involving an ambulance, we need to think about the issue from a humanitarian perspective as well as a political perspective.
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Despite the rights asylum seekers have regarding them no being admitted into detention, most are anyway. Those who do are entitled to rights whilst staying in detention. These include:
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