Tag Archives: #HumanRights #Asylum Policy

  I am indebted to Tim Fetherston for a reminder that in this conflictive,  confrontational politics of today we need  to retain a sense of moral duty of care for the vulnerable.   Fetherston  is a volunteer medicolegal doctor from the Northeast if England  with Freedom from Torture,  a UK charity which, since its formation in 1985, has provided support for more than 50,000 victims of torture who have fled to the UK for asylum. This support ,Fetherston tells us, “takes  the form of psychological therapy, social assistance and advice, …

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