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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9707

19 July 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU must remain land of asylum, says Antonio Guterres

Brussels, 18/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said on Wednesday 16 July that the European Union must remain accessible to asylum seekers. “Europe must remain a continent of asylum”, Mr Guterres stressed at a press gathering with Jacques Barrot, European Immigration Commissioner. “There are still enormous disparities between member states”, he bemoaned, specifying that the “rate of recognition of Iraqi refugees varies from 0 to 90%...

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