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Refugees and asylum seekers - Oct 2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009


Pat Nimmo
bcuim/ctibh
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Only 3% of the world’s refugees and asylum seekers live in the UK.  About
0.5% of the population.  82% of refugees are hosted in developing
countries.

- 23,430 people claimed asylum in the UK in 2007.  This is around the same
level as in 1989.

- Over 2000 asylum seekers are in detention, despite the fact that claiming
asylum is not a crime. This includes children in families

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