Sir, - I believe it is unjust and selfish of us to deport asylum seekers without giving them a chance of an independent determination procedure, especially when they are claiming that they risk persecution if returned to their own country. I also shudder in disgust at the notion of detention centres for refugees. As for the remarks of one Fianna Fail backbencher, one can only say that the lessons of history are never learned when we hear a public representative attack minorities. A shameful episode of Irish history is unfolding before us. - Yours, etc., Conor Perry,Lower Mount Street,Dublin 2.