An independent commission has branded Britain's treatment of asylum seekers as marred by inhumanity.

The Independent Asylum Commission was set up one year ago by request of communities and charity organizations and was tasked to investigate the British authorities handling of removals as well as the decision process leading up to granting asylum.

The commissions' report said the way the UK had treated persons seeking asylum was not fit for a civilised society.

The report claimed there had been a clear violation of regulations where even torture or rape victims had been removed from the country.

Commission co-chair, Sir John Waite, said the reason for these failures to provide asylum seekers with a fair treatment was not malice, but a deeply entrenched lack of resources.

Sir John, a former judge at London's Appeals Court, said the commission would present recommendations to rectify problems in upcoming publications.

The British Border and Immigration Agency, has already rejected the report's findings.