Our report released this week, Fleeing the Fighting: How Conflict Drives the Search for Asylum, shows three in four applications are by people from countries in conflict. Disturbing reports from seven countries in conflict, and refugees' stories of how they came to seek sanctuary in Britain, provide a stark reminder of who they are and why they're here.
Conflict in Sudan has forced around four million from their homes: over half a million have fled, mainly to neighbouring countries. Only a fraction, around 930 Sudanese, applied for asylum in the UK last year. People aren't choosing to leave - they're choosing to live. Faced with the prospect of death, rape or torture, millions flee their homes every year.
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