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Switzerland calls for the protection of the Refugee Convention <\/p>\n
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Switzerland has called on the United Nations in Geneva to uphold the 1951 Refugee Convention, which marked its 75th anniversary on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
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+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe must all feel a sense of duty to uphold the right to asylum and protect this convention,\u201d said Vincenzo Mascioli, State Secretary for Migration, in a speech at the UN in Geneva, the very place where the convention was originally adopted. Although the agreement was hard-won after the Second World War, \u201cwe must continually embed it in our societies\u201d.<\/p>\n + UN Refugee Convention turns 75 amid rising political pressures<\/a><\/p>\n In the State Secretary\u2019s view, there needs to be an even greater focus on those in need of protection and efforts to reduce the number of unfounded asylum applications. In a message, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres paid tribute to the Convention, which has saved millions of lives.<\/p>\n +\u00a0How we produce English news<\/a>
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