Useful briefing from @migobs.bsky.social on the UK's unauthorised migrant population.
Key point - there is *very little* overlap between asylum seekers and unauthorised migrants.
Probably fewer than 85K in both categories!
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/unauthorised-migration-in-the-uk/
Key point - there is *very little* overlap between asylum seekers and unauthorised migrants.
Probably fewer than 85K in both categories!
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/unauthorised-migration-in-the-uk/
Comments
Asylum claimants since 2010: about 650K
Refused asylum seekers who haven't left - upper bound estimate 85K.
Most unauthorised migrants aren't (and never were) asylum seekers (refused or otherwise).
Standard of media reporting on this is beyond abysmal, of course.