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Asylum applications at lowest level for more than a decade.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 28-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 February 2006-UK Government: Asylum applications at lowest level for more than a decade(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Asylum applications fell in 2005 to their lowest level since 1994 and the number of removals increased for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to statistics published by the Home Office today.

Quarterly asylum figures show that asylum applications in the final quarter of 2005 were down two per cent on the previous quarter and 27 per cent on the same period in 2004. Meanwhile, removals increased two per cent on the previous quarter and 20 per cent on the same quarter the year before.

The statistics illustrate the success of the Government's comprehensive reform of the asylum system and in particular policies designed to target and remove those failed asylum seekers who have no right to be in the UK....

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