It says the safety of the asylum seekers lies at the heart of the policy.
The boat capsized 14 nautical miles northwest of Christmas Island, often targeted by asylum seekers.
Asylum seekers often target Christmas Island, off Australia's northwest coast, to get to the country.
This year 36 asylum seekers have escaped from the centre compared with seven people in 2002.
It is rare for asylum seekers headed for Australia to be successfully transferred back to Indonesia.
Asylum seekers are given vouchers (whose value is 70% of ordinary benefits) rather than cash.
Meanwhile, the Home Office has been accused of ignoring evidence that asylum seekers have been tortured.
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As for plans to deny treatment to failed asylum seekers, he described these as "utterly unacceptable".
The reports suggest that asylum seekers, the disabled and the poor are worst affected.
After two days of this, Mary made contact with volunteers in Manchester who help asylum seekers.
Other questions focused on domestic violence, the home credit market, and support payments to asylum seekers.
Kadriye was one of 13 asylum seekers who began a journey to Britain in a container.
Immigration has three aspects - desired economic migrants, sheltered asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
Under the Home Secretary's proposals, asylum seekers will be required to take English lessons.
The government says it is also looking at the possibility of employing medically-qualified asylum seekers.
Support group Migrant Helpline also sees strong reasons why most asylum seekers are young men.
The issue of asylum seekers has become a key issue in the local elections on 4 May.
She said most arrived in the U.S. through a refugee resettlement program rather than as asylum seekers.
Lord Brittan said the decision to focus on Europe and asylum seekers was a "huge strategic misjudgement".
The charity Refugee Action said it was shocked by Dr William's support for routinely detaining asylum seekers.
Nauru will be able to take in 500 asylum seekers by the end September, said Mr Bowen.
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It is more likely to increase illegal immigration than to convince asylum seekers to stay at home.
The UK is ranked tenth among European countries in terms of asylum seekers per head of population.
Campaigners say asylum seekers naturally fall into groups just as British people do when they go abroad.
Organisations that house asylum seekers for the UKBA must inform local authorities if someone is granted refugee status.
There are also plans for tighter monitoring of asylum seekers to ensure terrorists are not given refugee status.
The Government wants to house up to 750 asylum seekers on land owned by the Ministry of Defence.
Christmas Island's population is composed predominantly of asylum seekers, with about 2, 000 refugees and detention-center staff living there.
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The bill sets up new accommodation centres for asylum seekers and introduces a tough new regime on deportation.
The ISU proposes setting up reception centres for the 45, 000 asylum seekers who arrive in Britain each year.
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