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Home Secretary Douglas Hurd talking about immigration controls and a possible change of emphasis on claims for asylum following a ruling on a case of Sri Lankan Tamils. Female interviewer not identified.
Tim Knight reports on the case of Mihai Suba, Romania’s top chess grand master, who says he wants to defect to Britain. He has applied to the Home Office for political asylum, leaving his wife and one son...
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Clergymen and politicans have attacked the manner of his arrest, particularly the level of force that was...
After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...
Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis was seized by police from a church in which he had taken sanctuary. His solicitor, David Burgess, says it will be a race against time to prevent his...
Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, David Phillips defends his officers’ actions during the arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, who was seized in a church and is...
The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...
Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...
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