Weblog on the Internet and public policy, journalism, virtual community, and more from David Brake, a Canadian academic, consultant and journalist
19 July 2003
Filed under:Current Affairs (UK) at11:59 pm

In the run-up to what the BBC is calling “Asylum Day” (23rd July) News Online’s Dominic Casciani is performing a valuable public service by producing a series of articles debunking myths about asylum seekers like, “aren’t they economic migrants?” and “aren’t most of their applications found groundless?” I learned some things myself:

Although only 10% of refugee applications are successful initially (the figure which stuck in my mind at least), a further 25% are given “exceptional leave to remain – a mechanism which allows people to stay because the government accepts they need protection but does not want to give them refugee status” and another 15% or so are granted asylum after an appeal. That means half of asylum applications are eventually successful – and about a third of those rejected are turned away because of “non-compliance” – which can be as simple as failing to fill in the right forms.movies teen hardcore freemovie tiava freemovie topless starsmovies tushymovies free xnxxampland free moviesbi moviesmovie cops bustynude movies celeb11 dbz moviemovie bukkakefree movies masturbation femalemovie free pornfacial moviesmovie makingold posters movietrailers xxx moviebukkake movies bukkake Map

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