UK asylum seekers costing country £726,000 a day according to figures
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13:04 20/03/2015
Official figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Daily Express show that the UK is currently spending over £700,000 a day on feeding and sheltering asylum seekers. With...
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16:34 24/07/2013
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Following Indonesia's announcement that they will remove Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from its immigration red list, Australia worries that they will soon receive a new wave of asylum-seeker boats. Later...
Changes to Australian protection visa process for asylum-seekers
19:02 28/03/2012
Changes to the Australian visa application process for asylum seekers will combine two separate visa processes into one and come into effect 24 March 2012. Australian Minister for Immigration and...
