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EU: “States should not impose penalties on arriving asylum-seekers” by Thomas Hammarberg

01 March 2008

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Council of Europe, full-text (link)

"A minimum of solidarity with those oppressed is to receive them when they are forced to flee. The “right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution” is indeed a key provision in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Sadly, this right is not fully observed in parts of Europe today. Instead, refugees are met with suspicion and too often even placed in detention."

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