Article: Greece, flooded by refugees, under fire for asylum policies.(WORLD)(Statistical data)

Article: ASYLUM SEEKERS: THE MYTHS A FUNNY OLD WEEK.(News)
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ......are making political capital out of asylum seekers. They see them as an easy target and...by the Right's propaganda machine. 1 ASYLUM seekers come to Britain looking for the good...Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. They are asylum seekers for a number of reasons, ranging from...

Article: Racial tensions halt dispersal of asylum seekers around UK Programme suspended in towns and cities after clashes with members of local communities
The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 14, 2004 ;     525 words ......GOVERNMENT has been forced to stop sending asylum seekers to cities and towns across Britain...2003, these areas had at least 6,100 asylum seekers between them. The Government had hoped...resulting from the very large flow of asylum seekers in recent years," he said. Local ...

Article: REFUGEES: ASYLUM SEEKERS TOLD TO GET OUT OF LONDON
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......LONDON, June 6 (IPS) -- Hundreds of asylum seekers living in London are to be scattered...council is moving over a quarter of its asylum seekers to a private hostel in the northern...councils will follow suit. By removing asylum seekers from expensive accommodation in the...

Article: Asylum seekers offloaded on rural towns Fury as thousands of inner- city refugees are found rented homes in Peterborough
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INNER-CITY councils are dumping thousands of asylum seekers sent to them by the Home Office in...that they are being swamped by the asylum seekers. In some cases, smaller councils in...Bedfordshire. The authority has even sent asylum seekers to Birmingham and Sheffield. Many other...

Article: Bogus image of asylum seekers fuels racial tension
The Scotsman;  August 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......influx would make the current issue with asylum seekers and the sad events in Glasgow pale...they be denied the right to jobs, as asylum seekers are presently, while their cases are...their reception with that of modern asylum seekers in a far richer Britain. Today, some...

Article: 1,100 asylum seekers living in Kirklees area.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  April 14, 2004 ;     354 words ......factsheet Rob Vincent MORE than 1,100 asylum seekers now live in Kirklees. The figure, published...Latest figures show there were 1,104 asylum seekers in Kirklees in February. They comprised...deal with the Government to take in asylum seekers and refugees. And just last week, ...

Article: Perspective: Working solution to asylum; What do you do with asylum seekers while they are waiting for their applications to be processed? Do you lock them up or do you give them jobs? Jo Ind reports on the different approaches of the British and Danes to a common problem.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jo Ind When asylum seekers come to Britain, should they...Britain. Last year the rights of asylum seekers to be employed was abolished...believe it is better to help asylum seekers find jobs as soon as they step...

Article: UK toughens laws to deter asylum seekers.
United Press International;  April 4, 2000 ;     559 words ......tough new measures to deter potential asylum seekers from heading for the country and cut...and Immigration Act will help genuine asylum seekers. Critics attacked it as racially prejudiced...attitude toward the foreign influx. Asylum seekers already in Britain will receive vouchers...

Article: Plan to disperse asylum seekers `panders to fearful electorate'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE Government sent asylum seekers to Wales because it was afraid...policy. The recent clashes between asylum seekers, residents and police on the...the UK was being ``swamped'' by asylum seekers. Wales currently has roughly...

Article: Number of asylum seekers in North-East falls.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 24, 2006 ;     241 words ...The number of asylum seekers living in the North-East has fallen...have revealed. Almost 900 failed asylum seekers have been removed from the region...March last year ( with just 3,045 asylum seekers now living in council accommodation...

Article: UNHCR: Greece fails to give Iraqi asylum seekers a fair hearing
AP Worldstream;  December 10, 2002 ;     312 words ......authorities are failing to give asylum seekers _ particularly Iraqis...hearing. On the face of it Greece has one of the more liberal asylum systems in Europe, said...5,499 people applied for asylum in Greece last year. Officials...status to 22.4 percent of asylum ...

Article: ANGER AT PLAN FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS TO STAY.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 31, 2007 ;     545 words ...Byline: Simon Johnson FAILED asylum seekers living in Scotland illegally could...anamnesty permitting thousands of failed asylum seekers to stay here. The move sparked warnings...amore softly, softly approach to failed asylum seekers. Any amnesty is likely to focus primarily...

Article: Executive bid to let asylum seekers work.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 19, 2006 ;     448 words ......MINISTERS are set to demand that asylum seekers in Scotland should be given...work. Under present laws, asylum seekers are barred from taking paid...foreigners who are not genuine asylum seekers actively targeting Britain...

Article: Asylum seekers suspected of crime face deportation
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 18, 2002 ;     454 words ...ASYLUM seekers who are suspected of committing any...west London. It has resulted in 272 asylum seekers, who were arrested for suspected criminal...concerns about crimes committed by asylum seekers. Although Home Office figures are...