We are here to talk about the specific situation of no access to appeals for persons who make a mistake, and we are talking about youth. You can make an exception for youth, and you can indicate an age or whatever, but the person has to have access. We are not asking for a pardon for the people who make a mistake. We are asking for the chance to explain the situation, because that situation for the person who we send back could be horrendous and the future of that young person could be destroyed totally by a mistake. We understand there has been a mistake made and we are not asking that you forget the mistake. We're asking that the person have a chance to justify and explain the circumstances of what happened.
On November 19th, 2012. See this statement in context.