Mcdowell electoral "populism"

national | crime and justice | other press Saturday January 27, 2007 12:29 by Renton

: Playing the immigration card

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0127/migrants.html

McDowell recommends new asylum process

27 January 2007 11:56
The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has raised the prospect of asylum seekers being put into detention until their applications have been processed.

The minister said he was considering recommending the introduction of such a process to the Dáil.

When questioned about plans for building a detention centre, Mr McDowell said he was not contemplating one surrounded by barbed wire or anything of that sort.

The minister was speaking at a seminar in Dublin organised by the Law Society.