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UK government denies rejecting all Afghani asylum applications.

Publication: Airline Industry Information
Date: Tuesday, February 29 2000

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The UK has apparently denied reports made over the weekend that the Home Office had rejected the applications of all 79 Afghan people seeking asylum following the hijacking of an Ariana aircraft on 7 February.

> A spokesperson for the interior ministry has apparently said that the applications filed were still being considered individually and that a decision would be made when that process was complete according to Reuters.

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