The hell of being an asylum seeker / Observer, 15 June 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/15/immigration.familyandrelationships
Mark Haddon
"We bellyache about the abuse of human rights overseas. But there are thousands of people living here, right now, in one of the richest countries in the world, forced to live in poverty. They are denied basic rights and services which the rest of us take for granted. And this is not an accident. This is government policy. And we should be ashamed of it."