Senator Terry raised the powers which have been given to immigration officers to allow them to return people to the country from which they came. It is common sense to provide this power. If people turn up who will not qualify in the opinion of the immigration officer, they will be returned. We should remind ourselves that we are on the north west periphery of Europe. Access to the island is difficult and options for travelling here are limited by comparison to those available in the rest of Europe. The first country to which an asylum seeker arrives must accept its responsibility rather than allowing us to assume the responsibilities it has in the first instance. The expectation that an applicant should seek refuge in the first country that can offer a safe haven should be encouraged.