(f)

Stressed that the conditions of detention of refugees and

asylum-seekers must be humane. In particular, refugees and asylum-seekers shall, wherever possible, not be accommodated with

persons detained as common criminals, and shall not be located in

areas where their physical safety is endangered;

(E)

Recommended that refugees and asylum-seekers who аге

detained be provided with the opportunity to contact either the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or available national refugee assistance agencies;

(h)

the

Reaffirmed that refugees and asylum-seekers have duties to

country in which they find

they find themselves, which require in particular that they conform to its laws and regulations as well as to measures taken for the maintenance of public order;

[(i)

Recalled article 33 of the 1951 Convention and Conclusion

No. 6 (XXVIII), reaffirming the fundamental importance of the observance of the principle of non-refoulement

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both at the border

and within the

the territory of * State

of persons who may be subjected to persecution if returned to their country of origin irrespective of whether or not they have been formally recognized

as refugees.}

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