The Office for National Statistics international migration estimates for 2001 show that the number of 15- to 24-year-olds entering the UK rose from 87,200 in 1992 to 158,200 in 2001. And the number leaving the UK rose from 75,700 in 1992 to 83,800 in 2001.
Just over 40 per cent of 15- to 24-year-olds came to Britain to study in 2001, while 23 per cent came to work. And of those who left the UK, 20 per cent did so for work, while only 13 per cent went to study.
Asylum is still a massive issue - Home Office figures show that just over 70,000 applications had been made in 2002.
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