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Refugee Protection Between State Interests and Human Rights: Where is Europe Heading?

2002; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/hrq.2002.0024

1085-794X

Morten Kjærum,

Government, Law, and Information Management

The different perspectives to be addressed in this article are well illustrated in two quotations from the High Commissioner for Refugees, Ms. Ogata, and the recent Presidency Conclusions from the Santa Maria da Feira European Council, respectively. Ms. Ogata has stated that "human rights concerns go to the essence of the cause of refugee movements, as well as to the precepts of refugee protection and the solution of refugee problems." 1 In the Da Feira conclusions the European Union expressed