Andrew Pelling

Croydon Asylum Screening Unit

31 December 2009

Government figures show that an average of five to ten asylum applications were lodged each day at the Liverpool Asylum Screening Unit. Closing the Liverpool Unit could therefore mean up to an additional 3,650 asylum seekers coming to Croydon each year. This will need to be reflected in the provision of services. I feel that any such costs arising from the decision to establish Croydon as the only ASU should be met from central funds.

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To the House of Commons.

The Petition of the people of Croydon declares that the decision to make Croydon's Asylum Screening Unit the only such in-land unit could result in an additional 3,650 asylum seekers coming to Croydon each year, and that this will take a financial toll on local services.

The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to meet the costs of implementing and running this policy from central funds.

And the Petitioners remain, etc,

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