ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR CHILDREN

Early day motion 115, tabled 26 November 2003 by David Davis (Conservative). Signed by 47 members.

That this House notes with concern the significant rise in the number of asylum seekers in Britain in the last six years; condemns the Government's policy of taking the children of asylum seekers into care to persuade them to return home; believes this policy to be inhumane and degrading; and urges the Government to abandon this policy at the earliest opportunity.

Signatures by party: Conservative 42, Liberal Democrat 3, Independent Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.