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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from Jack Straw (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 30 January 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

Is there not a prior point that if someone has a genuine, well-founded fear of persecution by the state to which they might return, they have a near absolute right to claim refugee status in this country under the 1951 convention?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
574 c1066 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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