The growing incidence of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, for example, raises additional difficult legal issues. And now, against a background of widespread electo
ral campaigning, we cannot ignore the fact that some States, by no means the le
ss 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 as
...[+++]ylum, and even to introduce criminal penalties for any immigrant in an irregular situation.