BONN Refugees seeking asylum, particularly Yugoslavs and Poles,are pouring into West Germany at almost double the record rate of1988, the government said Friday.
An Interior Ministry statement said 34,812 asylum-seekers wereregistered in the first three months of 1989 compared with 18,527 inthe corresponding period last year. A total of 103,000 arrived in1988.
About half the 11,235 people who arrived last month wereYugoslavs and Poles, followed by Turks, Sri Lankans and Lebanese.
The refugee influx has led to the emergence of anti-foreignerrightist parties in …
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