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Title: Refugee, Migrant, Stranger
Author(s): VAN GERWEN, Jef
Journal: Ethical Perspectives
Volume: 2    Issue: 1   Date: April 1995   
Pages: 3-10
DOI: 10.2143/EP.2.1.563067

Abstract :
In recent years there has been a great deal of activity and discussion on the appropriate treatment of refugees abd asylum-seekers in Western Europe, which peaked in Germany with more than 438000 requests in 1992 alone, has been at the root of the political debate. The administrations involved seem to be unable to cope adequately with such increases, a fact which in its turn has given rise to a variety of humanitarian and juridical problems (eg. long delays, sometimes for years, in the completion of requests, the introduction of accelerated procedures, detention and repatriation problems, sanctions against transportation companies, etc.).

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