Statistics Overview
The problem with statistics
Along with the issue of defining what is an asylum seeker and how they differ from migrants, the issue of statisics continue to elude sectors of the media, public and depending on the agenda, certain political parties.
Time after time, asylum statistics are confused with immigration figures.
MigrationWatch claim that the amount of asylum applicants is ___
The Centre for Social Justice reported that in 2007, the "total number of asylum applicatons accounted for only four percent of the total UK immigration figures".
In the first quarter of 2009____
The UN have an exhaustive list of asylum seeker statistics here.