 Britain said yesterday it would resume the forced repatriation of failed Iraqi asylum seekers, but declined to give details about numbers or a timetable.
| That would seem to make sense. If the answer's no, y'gotta go. The wimpiness about details seems to be standard issue for pols anywhere. Talk tough now, but if you do something it'll be in the sweet by and by. |
âWe did announce our intention to commence the enforced returns program to Iraq in February 2004. Weâre working towards putting that in place,â a Home Office Interior Ministry spokesman told AFP.
| Ummm... That was a year and a half ago? |
On Thursday, Channel 4 television, citing Home Office documents, said the government planned to resume such repatriations this weekend and that about 15 Iraqis would be taken to the northern Iraq town of Arbil. There are about 7,000 Iraqi asylum seekers in Britain. Until now, they have only been sent home on a voluntary basis.
| That makes sense. Not a lot of sense, but sense. In a politician kind of way. |
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