Blunkett to crack down on refugees
Press Review 7 October 2002
Blunkett faces Lords asylum defeats
News Article 7 October 2002
The home secretary has toughened up controversial asylum reforms that face a rough ride in the Lords this week.
Blunkett to set out new policies on sex offences
Press Review 2 October 2002
Blunkett in new asylum row
Press Review 19 September 2002
Blunkett gets asylum grilling
News Article 18 September 2002
Asylum seekers are not flooding into the UK but the issue is a "challenge", the home secretary has admitted.
Hughes calls for EU asylum agency
News Article 17 September 2002
The Liberal Democrats have called for an independent European agency to deal with asylum appeals.
Asylum reforms under stress
Press Review 12 September 2002
Asylum reforms challenged in courts
News Article 11 September 2002
The Home Office has responded with anger to a High Court ruling that could jeopardise fast-track deportations.
More asylum 'bite' pledged as numbers rise
News Article 30 August 2002
David Blunkett's efforts to end "asylum shopping" are failing, with a five per cent increase in refugee numbers over the last three months.
Bishop backs separate education of asylum children
Press Review 22 August 2002
Home Office' abandons asylum work plan'
Press Review 23 July 2002
Afghan asylum-seekers to be sent home
Press Review 12 July 2002
Asylum centre plans blocked by councils
Press Review 12 July 2002
Blunkett steps up Sangatte pressure
News Article 25 June 2002
France has been urged to show it is serious about tackling the problem of asylum-seekers attempting to enter the UK illegally.
Asylum reform 'echoes' apartheid, say MPs and peers
News Article 21 June 2002
David Blunkett's overhaul of asylum laws breaches human rights, a joint Westminster committee has claimed.
