31.   Refugee advocacy groups regularly protest about conditions in the camps, many of which are in remote desert areas, and against the detention of women and children.

32.   Refugee advocacy groups, however, said the ruling affirmed a broader principle.

33.   Refugee groups appealed to Interior Minister Manfred Kanther to allow the men to stay.

34.   Refugee groups have denounced the proposal, saying it will keep real refugees out of Canada.

35.   Refugee groups said that at this rate the process could take more than six years.

36.   Refugee advocacy groups hailed the decision.

37.   Refugee groups and unions say the proposals are unworkable and could lead to refugees being sent back to countries where they are in danger.

38.   Refugee groups have denounced the plan as unworkable.

39.   Refugee groups say most of the Africans that habitually arrive in Melilla and Ceuta are fleeing poverty, war or political persecution in their own countries.

40.   Smaller refugee groups are in Uzbekistan and Iran.