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Editorial
. 2015 Sep 9:351:h4833.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h4833.

Europe's refugee crisis: an urgent call for moral leadership

Kamran Abbasi, Kiran Patel, Fiona Godlee
Editorial

Europe's refugee crisis: an urgent call for moral leadership

Kamran Abbasi et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Offering asylum is a minimum standard of civilised society

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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