Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.
Martin 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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