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And the winner is...
- Posted by Martin Bright
- 29 August 2008
newstatesman.com users vote overwhelmingly for an investigation into Britain's asylum crisis
Writing on the Guardian's website, Roy Greenslade has picked up on the New Statesman Investigates feature and wishes us luck.
Readers have voted overwhelmingly for an investigation into the asylum system. This has come as something of a surprise but it seems that asylum campaigners have adopted the poll with enthusiasm.
There are important lessons to learn from this exercise, including making sure that we define very clearly the difference between an investigation and a campaign.
The vote for the NS to investigate the asylum system coincides with an editorial decision to launch a campaign to stop the practice of detaining the children of asylum seekers. More on this in next week's magazine and online on Thursday.
We will therefore be closing the poll with the results as follows:
2 percent said Conservative Party Funding
10 percent said Lobbying
2 percent said Prince Charles
2 percent said The State of British Childhood
84 percent said Asylum Crisis
An investigation into such a controversial and complex issue will take some time. But we intend to publish the results of our work by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, thanks to everyone who voted and to those who provided constructive suggestions. We will be including suggestions for investigations from readers in future polls.
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