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August 2003
Tories: Asylum seekers should be checked for Britishness
6 Aug 2003
The Conservatives have proposed new checks on asylum seekers entering the UK. "We propose that all asylum seekers be checked for their Britishness. If they don't have a valid UK passport then their application should automatically be rejected," said the Shadow Home Secretary, Oliver Letwin. "Recent research shows that many asylum seekers are in fact from other countries – countries that have nasty diseases. By weeding out the potential disease-carriers and only allowing Britons to claim asylum we would drastically reduce the strain on the NHS."
The government has promised to consider Mr Letwin's ideas carefully.
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