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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9624

18 March 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/iran
Parliamentarians concerned about fate of asylum seeker

Strasbourg, 17/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 13 March in Strasbourg, MEPs expressed concern about the fate of Seyed Mehdi Kazemi, a 10-year-old gay Iranian citizen, who is seeking, in vain, to gain asylum in the United Kingdom. In a common resolution submitted by four political groups (PES, ALDE, Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL), adopted by 46 votes to 2 and 12 abstentions, the EP calls on the member states concerned to find a common solution to ensure that Mehdi Kazemi is granted asylum or...

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