Maeve Sherlock
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Maeve Sherlock
Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, OBEis a Labour Party life peer who was the chief executive of the Refugee Council, a charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, between August 2003 and October 2006. Prior to joining the charity, she worked as a special advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown MP. At the Treasury her brief covered social issues such as child poverty and welfare reform...
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It will be cheaper, more humane and more efficient.
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These reports are deeply worrying. Asylum seekers are being treated as packages to be processed and removed rather than as very vulnerable human beings.
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Thousands of people would be only to happy to contribute to the UK economy if they were given some recognition and allowed to work while they are here.