Zoe Gardner explains it slowly, eloquently and succintly.Q: If they are legitimate refugees, why are they not claiming asylum in France, Italy etc.
The question was, "of the asylum seekers in Calais, why do they not claim in France, italy, Spain or Greece?She says 86% stop in a safe neighbouring place - wasn't the question, but thanks for the info
France takes 3X more claimants than UK - she says - but she is wrong.*
Then she basically says its because they want to and that the system would fail if we pushed back to her so called "toddler argument" (other source) that who ever touched it last has to deal with it.
As of 2021:
72% of refugees live in countries neighbouring their country of origin
The truth about asylum
You can rely on our facts and figures to get the true picture about the situation—and help spread the truth about asylum.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
I suspect that Zoe Gardner is fully up to date with her facts. The world has changed a lot in two years.
Zoe Gardner's facts relate to last year, your 'facts' (and those of the posted link) relate to 2021. I suspect that you can differentiate between the two differing references of 'facts'.
If you want to compare your research with Zoe Gardner's I suggest you both agree which year we discussing.*Source UNHCR - In the year ending September 2021, Germany received the highest number of asylum applicants (127,730) in the EU+, followed by France (96,510). When compared with the EU+ for the same period, the UK received the 4th largest number of applicants (44, 190 – including main applicants and dependents).
France has an approval rate of 25%, UK 70% = 24,128 vs 30,933 23% more not 2/3rd less.
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