Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 December 2002

Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.

 

Photo of Martin ManserghMartin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I question the merits of saying, by deletion or amendment as proposed, that asylum seekers should not have any form of identification. There would appear to be a certain contradiction in people seeking asylum without being able or willing to say who they are or from where they have come. In my view, there is no valid objection to a requirement by the State for the production of some such documentation with regard to their identity.

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