Applications for asylum decline by 41%

David Blunkett, the UK Home Secretary, announced on 24 February 2004 that the number of people applying for asylum in the UK fell by 41% in 2003. The rightwing pressure group MigrationWatch UK said the UK would continue to be the largest recipient of asylum seekers until failed claimants were successfully ejected.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=827 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=827

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3515677.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3515677.stm

http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/ http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/

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