Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 January 2003
Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
The next amendment deals with the terms of the notice – to which I have already referred – given to all applicants, almost invariably in a language they understand, setting out how their asylum claim will be investigated, what are their entitlements in that process and what are their obligations in that process. The new provisions are concerned with the last element – their obligations in the process – and are there to warn them of the consequences of failure to co-operate, which later provisions of this amendment will spell out. The purpose of this notice is to ensure fairness – in this case, fair warning of the consequences of non-participation in the investigation of the claim.
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