It says in my newspaper that almost a third of asylum seekers coming to the EU head for the UK. We must be a soft touch! Why not leave the Daily Mail and Migrationwatch UK to worry about that. New figures do show that the numbers of asylum seekers reaching the UK have risen steadily in the past few years. But the real question for service providers must be, what are the needs of the vulnerable young people who arrive?
How many is that then? The overall figure for asylum seekers in 2002 was 110,700. A significant percentage of these are unaccompanied children and young people: in December 2002, they accounted for 11 per cent of all asylum seekers in London. Under-18s also account for 55 per cent of individuals in families seeking asylum in London.
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