A Minimum of Charity 
Katharine Fletcher
Alongside cutting crime, hospital waiting-lists and taxes, cutting the number of asylum seekers can be depended on to rank high among pre-election promises. This year, the Tories’ cap on refugee numbers has jousted with the home secretary’s proposals to remove the right of recognised refugees to remain in Britain unconditionally, to lock up more asylum seekers while their claims are considered, and to allow the return of unaccompanied children to their countries of origin.
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Katharine Fletcher contributed to Asylum Voices, a report for the Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice. She has been on the staff of the LRB for the past year and is due to take up a post at the New Left Review.
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