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Article: Britain wants a wider moat around 'fortress Europe' Home secretary proposes changes on asylum at EU summit in Sweden today.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 9, 2001
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The British government is redoubling efforts to slam shut the floodgates on illegal immigration to Western Europe.
At an informal summit of the 15-member European Union in Stockholm, British Home Secretary Jack Straw today is reiterating plans to stem the perceived tidal wave of migrants, including an overhaul of the United Nations Convention on Refugees. Yesterday, he called for better coordinating "the very complicated and contradictory practices of the different EU nations."
The challenge, say critics, will be to streamline the asylum process and eliminate loopholes, while keeping the doors open to those fleeing genuine persecution.
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