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THE WEEK, Page 21WORLDSelective Refuge
Germany's main parties reach agreement on a new asylum policy
The door is not closed yet, but there is finally a move to
narrow the entry. After months of seeking consensus, Chancellor
Helmut Kohl's ruling coalition and the opposition Social
Democrats have come to terms on a revision of Germany's liberal
asylum laws. The parties insist that the fundamental right of
asylum for the persecuted has been preserved. But the new
provisions will allow the government to turn away individual
asylum seekers who enter Germany from a nation that observes the
Geneva Convention on refugees. Prospective claimants passing
through Poland or Czechoslovakia, for example, on their way to
Germany can be returned to those countries. The move,
politicians hope, will stem the influx of foreigners and reduce
xenophobia.