Word: firebreaks
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...voted to move the party's position for political asylum closer to that of the ruling center- right coalition. The decision to push for a constitutional amendment to stem the influx of foreigners is based on the belief that reducing the number of asylum seekers will put a firebreak in the path of the xenophobic violence that has torn through the country this year. Moreover, the delegates reasoned, under their plan the truly persecuted would not be turned away...