Asylum Seekers

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Asylum Seekers                                                        Laura Stokes According to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the Refugee Convention), Article 1A(2), the term refugee is applied to a person who owing to well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his(/her) nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself (/herself) of the protection of his(/her) country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his(/her) former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear,
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is unwilling to return to it. There are many reasons why asylum seekers want to come the UK from Other countries, the main countries they originate from are Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Iraq.23.8% of all EU asylum applications were to the UK, indicating it is a country into which many asylum seekers want to visit. Many people think of the UK as being a soft touch when it comes to granting asylum, however, this is not true according to professor Bill Jordan at Exeter University. Many asylum seekers believe that they can find work as an asylum seeker or ...

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