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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8431

28 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/asylum
Amnesty International denounces British reform proposal on asylum rights as being against international conventions

Brussels, 27/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - Amnesty International has severely criticised the British proposal to create external processing centres for asylum seekers outside the European Union. This proposal will be discussed at the informal JHA Council in Veria (EUROPE 25 March p 9) and according to the human rights protection organisation, contravenes the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1951 Refugee Convention regime". According to the methods that still need to be worked out,...

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