Asylum Seekers
Opinion polls show that the British people like economic migrants, who come here to work, and dislike asylum seekers, who come here fleeing persecution.The good news is that the first category is booming, the latter miniscule. In the Fourth Quarter of last year there were...wait for it.... 8,460 APPLICATIONs for asylum. Obviously decisions are still being made but probably only about 1,000 people will be accepted. To use terms loved by the Right and people like Migration Watch, this is akin to a new, well a new, er... London electoral ward every year.
More interestingly the number of asyum applications in 2004 was around 25% LOWER than in 1995, when the Home Secretary was....Michael Howard.
I have written to the Conservative shadow Home Secretary asking him about their policy in this matter.
Ps This is the letter I have sent.
Dear Mr Davis,
I would like to ask you a question about the Conservative Party's policy on immigration. I saw that there were 33,930 asylum seeker applications in the UK last year. Will a future Conservative government reduce this total? And if so by how much? Furthermore given Michael Howard's desire for Ministers to be accountable, will you pledge to resign if it is higher than this in any year?
Thank you for your time.
Yours
Matthew Turner
posted by Matthew @ 3/23/2005 11:02:00 AM
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