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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9827

28 January 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
UNHCR concerned by conditions faced by migrants in Lampedusa

Brussels, 27/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 23 January, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed its growing concern over the conditions faced by nearly 2,000 migrants, including some asylum seekers, currently crammed into one reception centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. “The centre has capacity for only 850 people and hence cannot accommodate such high numbers. The result is that hundreds of people are now sleeping outdoors under plastic...

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