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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9572

4 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 24
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Enlargement of Schengen Area causes increase in requests for asylum in Austria and Poland

Brussels, 03/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Enlargement of the Schengen Area, in which the number of participants increased from 15 to 24 countries on 21 December 2007, has brought about a large inflow of immigrants from the East wishing to gain refugee status. Such is the case in Austria and Poland in particular. In Austria, where over half of the nationals stated they are opposed to opening up their border, the refugee hosting centre in Traiskirchen to the south of Vienna, has seen the number...

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