Welcome and goodbye
01 November 1993
The third European conference on the reception of asylum-seekers, held in Interlaken in October and attended by representatives from 17 European states including the UK, devoted much of its time to discussion of how to send them back. A session on admission and social assistance was followed by a debate which concentrated on problems "in relation to mandatory returns, such as the retrieval of identification documents, detention possibilities and cooperation with countries of origin to ensure readmission".
Final document of the Third European Conference on Reception of Asylum-Seekers, Interlaken. Federal Office for Refugees, 22.10.93.