The growing incidence of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, for example, raises additio
nal difficult legal issues. And now, against a background of widespread electoral campaigning, we cannot ignore the fact that some States, by no means
the less democratic among them, and including those with a long tradition of welcoming refugees, have announced that they
intend to implement reforms limiting the right to asylum, and even to int
...[+++]roduce criminal penalties for any immigrant in an irregular situation.