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' "I f m m V ' m m mm 'j —" WWW ' i i i jt ' h ' 't r ' - j " ' '£ W ' i ' I I f i ' s i IPW i r’ ji'i1 I jr1 ' : - r’ r t i 1111 Win I i' ' ' ' I I CV- iV- : - - 'f ' - ? v- - t: 1m nmnw i this year the nations rtf the European were united in their condem-me- Now European governments are discovering that Haider’s brand of - ggjjg' “‘Inere are a lot of countries whose ' ' policies look a lot like Austria's" said David Boratav of the London- based European Council on Refugees and Exiles ‘We face a trend of increased ism and xenophobia in Europe You can’t single out one country': Legislation in tne UK and Austria is : very comparable” Just months ago before the Free dora Party joined Austria’s govern- ment1 EU nations took pains' to r--- : ' - bj: admitted into the Austrian govern- that country will not belong to that European family which hails tot- erahee human rights and a struggle against xenophobia” said Swedish nt ! i— a:-- iu ' '‘V-v- '’v ( v Page 7 L- o - visa-fre- v i rs cent of the population is foreign-Uborn the Swiss People’s 22 took Party percent of the vote in elections last October Months earli- cr 71 percent of the electorate voted to tighten asylum procedures Several EU countries — including Britain — have put some of their asy- in detention a move refugee groups say contravenes the European Convention on Human lions introduced last month the dri- ver could be fined $3200 for each lum-seeke- ay attitude is being gh rs Rights ' Y: Europeans would counter actions arc necessary because countries are being swamped by refugees But the number of asylum-Unio- n seekers is nowhere near the highs reached during the Balkan wars of the early 1990s In February of this year 27032 asylum applications were lodged in the 15 EU countries according to the XPX- - y High Commissioner N far-rig- ht - wing parties across the continent naled his government's hard-lin- e have made gains at the polls by stance by spending time this month exploiting the fear of a rising tide of watching immigration ofliccrs inters immigrants and refugees Govern- - cept a group of stowaways who ments on the right and the left havq amVcd in the southeast port of Dover : responded by toughening their in the back of a truck Under regula-- '' get-tou- " f ' flow of illegal migrants and it sus- e travel agreement pended a with Slovakia after a wave of asylum applications from GypsiesV In Switzerland which has the high- est per capita rate of asylum-seekein Europe and where about 20 per- - rs Britain’s v — --- --- touch” for refugees and has called for asylum-seeketo be put in deten- tion centers The Labor Party government for its part has introduced a series of Prime Minister Goeran Persson strict new policies including issuing echoing his colleagues'outraged vouchers instead of cash to asylum- statements seekers' But like the Freedom Party right- - ' Home Secretary Jack Straw sig- - rhetoric and tightening their borders And some of the steps came before Haider’s party joined Austria's eminent in i across r v vv v - April 29 2000 EWorld f&l Nation1 It u Ji' The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday V V for Refugees - a slight decrease from the 27800 recorded in January In 1999 monthly totals ranged from a low of about 22SOO to a high of about 32000 In 1989 the EU received 282860 asylum applications In 1992 the number had jumped to 667700 By :: 1998 it was back down to 291220 and the pext year it was just under " '35000alv:-v-:' v vJ By Roiy Carrol ’ - ' r'Y " (form of) rock that is ' - - heroin cocaine LSD amphet- amines and cannabis just to attain equilibrium "Certain drugs don’t even get you high they just get you normal” “Walk on the Wild Side” his 1970s hit is about a risk- taking transvestite A Vatican official said Reed is now a reformed character leading a : v " decent life celebrate a highlight of his jubilee on May 1 or txdy year before giving way to rockers ' not known for Chilian family Rvalues! 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