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Nous nous étonnons, notamment, que les voix de prestigieux intellectuels, religieux et hommes politiques indépendants se soient faites discrètes.
We are surprised, in particular, that the voices of prestigious independent intellectual, religious and political figures should have been so discreet.
Nous sommes également parvenus à définir des normes minimales dans le domaine de l’asile, encore que nous puissions déplorer que ces normes se soient faites par le bas.
We have also managed to define minimum standards in the field of asylum, even though we might lament the fact that these are bottom-up standards.
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