Den fælles holdning fra marts 1996 om definition af begrebet flygtning stadfæster en restriktiv fortolkning ved at udelukke personer, der udsættes for forfølgelse fra tredjemands side fra at få flygtningestatus, og skaber situationer, der er
The Council's Joint Position of March 1996 on the harmonised implementation of the definition of the term 'refugee' endorses a restrictive interpretation of the Geneva Convention, which excludes persons persecuted by third parties from being granted refugee status, and creates situ ations which are difficult to manage and tragic in human terms.