Migration Watch responds to Budget 2023 net migrat…
[PR702 - 15 March 2023]February 24, 2004
The reduction in claims is welcome but the UK was the largest recipient of asylum seekers in the Western world in 2003. [1] This will continue for as long as we fail to remove those whose claims are rejected.[1] | Source UNHCR Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries - 2003 issued 24/02/04 |
[2] | House of Commons Home Affairs Committee: Second Report of Session 2003-4 paragraph 229 |
[3] | In 2003 there have been 65,655 appeals dismissed and a further 8,015 applicants who did not appeal against their initial rejection - a total of over 73,000 principal applicants who would becoming liable for removal. But only 12,490 principal applicants were removed |