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Originally Posted by punky
The problem is, the government cannot deport people to a country where they will face torture, or an abuse of their human rights..... Which is most of the Middle East... Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, etc.
Most of those detainees are wanted for crimes in those countries and could have been extradited if we didn't have that rule, or recieved some assurance from these countries that their human rights would be observed (which is ironic as if they were caught in those coutries in the first place, they wouldn't be so lucky)..
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I think the human rights issue is a big problem, it is used to protect many of these people who, as you say commit crimes in other countries. These people then use the excuse of persecution, to stay out of jail in their own country and settle here to be provided with a house and benefits.
The whole situation is not black or white, the people who campaign for assylum seekers to stay are doing a mixture of good and bad. If the person is to be persecuted in their country of origin for no reason thats not right, if however they have commited a crime they should be returned to have their hands chopped off etc. What use is it to this country allowing a criminal to stay here instead of sending him back home to face the music, we are ending up as a safe haven for foreign criminals who claim persecution.