Tomorrow is Another Country What is Wrong with the UK's Asylum Policy?

Britain's adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights has been developed to offer asylum to anybody in the world. In October 2000 the Labour government passed the Human Rights Act, which incorporates the provisions of the Convention into British law. Myles Harris argues that, in order to regain control over its borders, the UK must repeal the Human Rights Act and devise an isolationist, exclusionary immigration policy which includes an internal passport system based on fingerprints, DNA and iris scans; investigations into random asylum claims, followed by prosecution and deportation of those found to be making false claims; fines and imprisonment for those claiming asylum long after arriving in the country; and avoidance of employing immigrants.