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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8038

1 September 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/australia
Fontaine writes to Howard urging him to show compassion towards Afghan refugees on Tampa ship

Brussels, 31/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The refusal of the Australian authorities to take in the refugees on the Tampa has led the President of the European Parliament to send telegram to Prime Minister John Howard. "I would like to convey the deep concern of the European Parliament at the plight of the mainly Afghan refugees on the Norwegian ship "Tampa" who would like to land in Australia", writes Nicole Fontaine, stressing that her intervention "does not, of course, seek to question in any...

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