The Austrian and Italian Governments. as a consequence. decided to deny political asylum to the married people if they were not accompaniedby their families. The sick. invalid or unemployable persons are not accepted by oversea countries. Consequently the European governments do not recognize them as political refugees and repatriate them forcibly back to the Communist regimes. irst fflicial contact of a refugee fleeing a Communist country is a policeman. then a police officer and an interpreter. The refugee is threatened to be extradited immediately and convinced that in the case of his extradition all the minutes of his screening will be handed over to the Communists. He gratefully accepts the suggestion to omit. even deny any political motives. declaring that he came to the West for work. or to emigrate. or join the relatives overseas. Fear of extradition is the main reason why refugees do not talk about their antiCommunist activities. Of late. udnfortunately. not even u statement of a refugee about his antiCommunist activities and political persecution can save him from extradition. Some men who have served up to 10 or more years in Yugoslav Communist prisons. sentenced for political crimes. have been unable to secure a status as political refugee. The High Commissary for refugees at U.N. has received numerous complaints. but his Intervention is often laterefugees are already extradited. Here are few examples: 1. Mustafa Catovic. extradited although he was previously imprisoned in Yugoslavia for 14 years. 2.
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