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Article: ASYLUM UK; Official OECD report: Britain takes 1 in 5 of the Western world's asylum seekers- more than any other country, including the U.S.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 22, 2004
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Byline: STEVE DOUGHTY
BRITAIN took almost one in five of the Western world's asylum seekers in 2002, it was revealed yesterday.
This country topped the league table of target destinations for asylum seekers.
Britain accepted 110,700, one in three of all those coming to Europe and almost as many as Germany and France put together.
The startling figures came from analysts with the highly-respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
They branded British efforts to deter asylum seekers a failure and pointed to Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Australia as countries which 'sent strong messages to asylum ...