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"Your asylum systems are overburdened precisely because many people who feel they must leave see no other channel through which to migrate" (Photo: European Commission)

UN boss blasts Europe's migration policy

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has used his acceptance of an EU human rights prize to launch a scathing attack on Europe's attitudes toward migration and asylum.

Addressing the European Parliament today (29 January) on receiving the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Mr Annan said that asylum seekers and migrants "should not be made the scapegoats for a vast array of social ills".

"The public has been fed images of a flood of unwelcome entrants, and of threats to their socie...

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"Your asylum systems are overburdened precisely because many people who feel they must leave see no other channel through which to migrate" (Photo: European Commission)

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