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'Appalling conditions'
'Appalling conditions'

'Appalling conditions'

Date8/13/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Appalling conditions': Amar Pillay pauses to take in the bleak conditions of a room in the Astoria hotel in Goettingen where Tamil refugees who are seeking asylum in West Germany wait for their case to be heard. Five men sleep in rooms meant for one. They are treated like cattle; Newfoundland professor Dr. Jean Chick said in an interview.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013080F