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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8697

1 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
HCR criticises agreement on asylum procedure - details of directive

Brussels, 30/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) has severely criticised the agreement reached in Council on Monday on procedures for processing asylum requests, fearing that its implementation could "endanger refugees" and "violate international law" (yesterday's EUROPE, p.7). The HCR expressed particular concern about the "permission to designate without sufficient guarantees safe third countries towards which the asylum seekers could return, and rules...

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