Asylum in France

Many arrivals from the Maghreb but few asylum applications

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, July 22, 2021

With 900 applications in May, Georgia joined the 10 main origin countries for the first time in over a year.

Key Points: 
  • With 900 applications in May, Georgia joined the 10 main origin countries for the first time in over a year.
  • In contrast, asylum applications were higher than illegal border-crossings for all other main origin countries.
  • Applications by West Africans back to peak value

    West Africans3lodged 5 500 applications in May, returning to the peak value of March 2021.

  • Substantial decrease in decisions issued by EU+ asylum authorities

    EU+ asylum authorities issued some 41 500 first instance decisions in May.

Record low number of asylum applications lodged in EU

Retrieved on: 
Friday, June 12, 2020

Despite the emergency measures, there were still almost 10 times as many applications for asylum as detected illegal border crossings (900) into the EU+ in April.

Key Points: 
  • Despite the emergency measures, there were still almost 10 times as many applications for asylum as detected illegal border crossings (900) into the EU+ in April.
  • The disparity indicates that despite the temporary suspension of certain asylum activities in many EU+ countries, some countries did continue lodging applications.
  • Decision making of asylum authorities was impacted to a much lesser degree than asylum applications.
  • Overall in the EU+, some 35,075 first-instance decisions were issued in April, down by 31% compared to January, compared to 87% fewer asylum applications.

Should asylum seekers have unrestricted rights to work in the UK?

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 24, 2019

House of Commons Library

Key Points: 
  • House of Commons Library

    The Government is reviewing its policy on restricting asylum seekers' rights to work.

  • The current position

    The Government is reviewing its policy on restricting asylum seekers rights to work.

  • Current policy is that, as a general rule, asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK.
  • Calls for change have tended to focus on:

    Suggested advantages of extending asylum seekers rights to work include that it would:

    The justifications for restricting asylum seekers employment rights have emphasised concerns that giving more favourable rights might act as a pull-factor to the UK.