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Over 300,000 immigrants claim asylum in the EU
Mon, 09/04/2012 - 06:00
By Adam Walker-The EU received 301,000 asylum applications in 2011, the European Commission has announced.
The figure is an increase of 42,000 on the previous year.
It is estimated that around 90 per cent of claims were from new applicants and that around ten per cent were repeat applicants.
Most claimants were from the third world, particularly Middle Eastern countries.
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