I'm afraid I don't really understand. You want to give people who've had a failed request for asylum the same rights as people who've been granted asylum? I can understand how it's justifiable to give someone the absolute basics, i.e., a right to healthcare, but a right to education and a right to work? Surely if a failed asylum seeker got those they get everything they need to stay in this country and there would be absolutely no difference if they failed their request for asylum or not.

David T: I believe Dan's point was that it's illegal for failed asylum seekers to continue to stay in this country after their request for asylum has failed (although not being familiar with anything but the outline of the asylum process, I may be wrong). If you fail your driving test, you're not allowed to drive unsupervised; similarly, if you fail a request for asylum in the UK, you're not allowed to stay in the UK.

I understand that sometimes there are problems with the asylum seekers not having their case properly represented, but that's always going to be the case; you get miscarriages of justice in our justice system.