REFUGEES
July 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved a new EU-wide temporary protection system to cope with an influx of refugees, such as that created by the conflicts in former Yugoslavia.Ministers can now order that the European Refugee Fund assists Member States prepared to accept displaced persons; they would be granted certain rights to residence and work permits, appropriate information, accommodation, social assistance, health care, and education.This assistance would not prejudice any final decision on the status of asylum seekers should ...
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