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Mon 03 Mar 2003McDowell rejects criticism by UN of Immigration Bill
The Minister for Justice has rejected a claim by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that asylum-seekers would be forced into the hands of smugglers and traffickers by the introduction of fines for carriers bringing undocumented migrants to the State, writes Nuala Haughey, Social and Racial Affairs Correspondent.
The UNHCR wants changes to this part of the Immigration Bill, currently going through the Oireachtas, to ensure that it meets international refugee protection principles.
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