Refugee civil rights ‘under attack’

REFUGEES could be sent home under a new directive which will strip them of their status and breach the Geneva Convention, civil rights groups warned yesterday.

Details of the planned directive were revealed yesterday by European civil rights watchdog Statewatch.

Planned for June 2003, it will include provisions for all EU member states to continually review successful refugee applicants with a view to withdrawing their refugee status as soon as possible.