Brussels, 02/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Following contributions from several MEPs to the attention of the European Commissioner in charge of immigration, Franco Frattini, the Greek authorities have finally agreed to grant refugee status to an Iranian asylum seeker, who had been imprisoned and tortured in his country because of his homosexuality. Dimitrios Papadimoulis MEP (GUE/NGL, Greece) said in a press release, “this is good news and a European first”. Papadimoulis wrote a letter...