U.N. refugee chief urges common sense in Australia asylum debate

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U.N. refugee chief urges common sense in Australia asylum debate

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-refugee-chief-urges-common-sense-australia-134454635.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MuzkFdKDu9mLtNtUeZ707g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-23T141055Z_1_CBRE97M13EE00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-AUSTRALIA-ELECTION-IMMIGRATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees answers a reporter's question after a news conference at the UN in Geneva" align="left" title="Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees answers a reporter's question after a news conference at the UN in Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday he hopes common sense will prevail in Australia's election-season debate about how the country treats asylum seekers. &quot;We are of course very much interested, not in the election itself, but in the debate about asylum policy in Australia,&quot; said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. Opinion polls predict the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor Party will be unseated by the conservative coalition led by Tony Abbot when Australians vote on September 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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