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rights  in  policy  3

vouchers  for  asylum  seekers

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  • Who?  Refugees and Asylum seekers and their allies 
  • What did they want to achieve?  To stop asylum seekers being paid in vouchers 
  • Where?  Across the UK 
  • When?  Early 2000s 


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Here are some quotes from people involved in the campaign.

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 “We think that the voucher system denies refugees some of their basic economic and social rights, and would be demeaning to our own staff if we had agreed to participate in this scheme.”
John Morrison, Human Rights Manager, The Body Shop International Plc.

​"[​The voucher system] brings you into sharp contrast with others. You stand in a supermarket queue and while others have money, you have a voucher. It's grotesque. Worse, the government will subsidise Tesco and Sainsbury's. That's not the redistribution I voted for." 
Bill Morris, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union ​
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