The long posting I just made seems to have been obliterated by this forum's wonderful new software. I can't be bothered to retype it all, but here is a link to a newspaper report on the asylum numbers.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homea...153255,00.html
Quote:
Number seeking asylum hits 14-year low
Fred Attewill and agencies
Tuesday August 21, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The government today welcomed figures showing asylum applications had dropped to the lowest level for 14 years.
The number of people applying for asylum in the UK last year fell by over 2,000 to 23,610, the lowest since 1993. The main nationalities were Eritrean, Afghan, Iranian, Somalian and Chinese.
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snip, but do read the whole thing - lots of interesting info all the way down.