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    Removing someone, even a failed asylum seeker, isn't as easy as many suppose. Some countries will only accept a travel document issued by themselves and not an equivalent document the UK government can issue. A failed asylum seeker from China, Iran or India (for example) will have to have their details verified by that country and a travel document agreed. Many asylum seekers arrive with no documentation and present a false name, date of birth and sometimes even nationality - this makes obtaining a travel document a near impossibility sometimes as their details will always be rejected. Many are quite simply unwilling to provide their true bio-data details precisely for this reason.

    Removing people without leaving the airport is all well and good, but if they claim asylum the UK is duty bound to process the application which can take many months. The only way around this is for the UK to sign off from the 1951 Refugee Convention, which is never going to happen.

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