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No reprieve for Colombian:

01 May 1993

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Colombian refugee Gabriel Echavarria was removed to Portugal without having his asylum claim processed because the aircraft carrying him to Britain had to make an emergency landing in the Azores. He had become the target of local guerrilla groups and the security forces and had fled Colombia after the murder of his brother and threats to his own life. He has relatives in London, but none in Portugal. The Home Office said that because he had landed in Portuguese territory, he should claim asylum there.

Independent 24.4.93

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