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Asylum applications for the last three months of 2009 were the lowest since the early 1990′s.  Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas ia reported to have said” …Our border has never been stronger, as shown by the fall in the number of asylum applications.”

Does this mean we are refusing to allow application for asylum by refusing entry, landing or what?  My understanding is that asylum is usually claimed as soon as the person arrives and therefore the potential asylum seeker would not be able to ‘arrive’ for that statement about our border to be correct.  Or it just me?

see Press release @ News : NDS.

Meanwhile a key Home Office target of dealing with 90% of asylum applications within six months is “unachievable”, an independent watchdog has warned.  The chief inspector of the UK Border Agency, John Vine, said the complexity and volume of cases the agency must deal with had created a backlog and has warned that the target expected to be met by the end of 2011 would not happen without hiring more staff.

 Read more @ BBC News – UK Border Agency asylum case target ‘unachievable’.

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