There is a problem in Britain that the issue of Islamic Fundalmentalism, and the violence that this often encourages, becomes blurred with other issues such as asylum, immigration and terrorism. The media often features stories that merge the issues, such as this one from the BBC site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3685030.stm
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Terrorists should not be allowed to hide behind asylum and refugee laws, the UK foreign secretary told the UN.
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This kind of story leads to many people associating asylum seekers and immigrants with terrorism, which is just nonsense. It simply creates an atmosphere of fear, which in turn leads to mistrust of immigrants, thus encouraging the formation of immigrant communities, which just exacerbates the problem of immigrants not assimilating INTO phpbb_society.
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He said Britain and Russia were working on a new Security Council Resolution to stop terrorists evading justice. The resolution is aimed at stopping those who commit, support or finance terrorist acts from "sheltering behind a refugee status", he told the assembly in New York. And it would look at allowing terrorists to be extradited more quickly.
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What is missing from this story is any facts about how many "terrorists" have ever used refugee status to hide from extradition. Is this really a significant issue that requires a big announcement from the Foreign Secretary? Or is it just a PR stunt to allow him to appear to be doing something about terrorism?