Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
This amendment would allow an asylum seeker the opportunity to get legal advice before being interviewed on arrival in the State, which is reasonable. We recognise in our legal system that people should have the right to legal advice. We should secure this for persons, particularly asylum seekers, who are very vulnerable when they get here. Distressing circumstances may have led to their coming. The amendment is reasonable.
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