Why Do Migrants Want to Come to the UK? The Appeal of Britain to Refugees Explained - TLDR News

In light of

news

of increasing numbers of

migrants

entering the UK via ships in the English Channel, we've seen one question arise almost more than any other: why are they coming to the UK? These people have already arrived in France, in Western Europe, why? They are so desperate to get to the UK that they are willing to risk their lives. Look well, in today's video we are going to talk about the asylum process in the United Kingdom and whether it is true that asylum seekers are really interested in reaching the United Kingdom more than in other countries, if you

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news in the podcast app of your choice, so let's start with Absolute Basics: What is an asylum seeker and how are they different from

migrants

and

refugees

? Well, let's start with the refugee. A refugee is someone who complies with the 1951 UN convention relating to the status of

refugees

, basically someone who left their home country due to a genuine fear for their life an asylum seeker is similar is someone who is seeking status refugee status but have not yet been granted a migrant is someone who moved to another country for work or other crucial reasons.

They are not fleeing their country where they are simply deciding to migrate, which makes them very different from refugee applicants. asylum and refugees which we will discuss in this video, everyone has the right to apply for asylum, but this does not necessarily mean that they will be granted it once they have Asylum seekers in the UK must attend an assessment. This is when an immigration officer will interview the applicant to try to understand the reasons for her application. This entire application process can take up to six months, so it's not exactly quick during this time. Asylum seekers are kept in the UK for their protection, as it is obviously not acceptable on moral or legal grounds to send home someone who might be in genuine danger, even if that danger has not yet been verified.

Some, including Nigel Farage, take issue with this system and the way asylum seekers are being held suggests they are being given too much while they wait for their claim to be processed as part of this reasoning. Farage claims in one of his videos that the majority of asylum seekers are rejected, which seems to suggest that a lot of money is being spent on asylum seekers who often have illegitimate claims, the problem is that this is simply not true, as which the Home Office reported in the year ending March 2020. 54 of the initial decisions on asylum applications were grants for humanitarian asylum protection or alternative forms. of leave, so it seems that the majority have a legitimate cause.

The Home Office also notes that the overall percentage of those who have been granted asylum in the last year differs greatly depending on the country of origin. Applications from Libya and Syria have especially high acceptance rates. of 97 and 92 percent respectively, other countries have much lower acceptance rates, India for example has an acceptance rate of only four percent, so we now know how asylum seekers are processed in the Kingdom joined and how often they are accepted. The real question now is how many applications are being received by the UK and is the UK really the place all asylum seekers are desperate to get to?

Home Office data shows there are currently 35,099 asylum seekers in the UK, 11 more than last year but still fewer than the peak in 2016 of 36,546. Relative to other EU countries, the UK Ranked 16th out of the EU 28 in 2019, the UK had five asylum claims per 10,000 people, while the EU 28 average was 14 claims per 10,000 people with countries such as Como France, Germany and Cyprus have more asylum seekers than the UK, because asylum in the UK has not accounted for a large proportion of migration to the UK in 2018, asylum accounted for only five per cent of arrivals annually, although there has been a demonstrable reduction. increase in the number of channel crossings, as we

explained

in our video earlier this week, there does not appear to be an increase in illegal migration overall and, as this video shows, the UK does not have more asylum applications than other countries comparable, therefore asylum seekers do not appear to be specifically choosing the UK to live over other countries and as we mentioned France has more people seeking asylum than the UK, despite this it appears to be a common refrain that refugees are desperately trying to reach Britain.

It is difficult exactly why asylum seekers

want

to arrive in a specific country, let alone the UK, and the reasons obviously vary from person to person. A Huffington Post article from 2016 contains many quotes from residents of the Calais jungle explaining why they want to

come

to the UK said I feel like I would like to go there. There is no specific reason. My friends tell me that living in the UK is fine. I want to stay here because I want to go to the UK. Another said I have a family and if you. having family there, things could work out.

The article summarizes quotes like this by concluding that connections to the UK, such as family and friends, are the main reason why some asylum seekers want to

come

to the UK. Another is the fact that many of them speak English. and therefore the UK might be the best chance for them to settle, after all, as the British Red Cross claims, if you were forced to flee, wouldn't you go somewhere where people speak the same language? Are you looking for a job and trying to make friends in the organization? Free Movement has examined a Home Office document first published in 2002 that uses 65 interviews with asylum seekers who came from Calais to understand why they made the journey to the UK.

The report indicates whether they had family or friends here and their belief that the United Kingdom is a safe, tolerant and democratic country. Previous links between your own country and the United Kingdom, including through colonialism, and your ability to speak English or your desire to learn it. Overall, the report states that there is very little evidence that sample respondents had detailed knowledge of the UK. immigration or asylum procedures, entitlements to benefits in the UK or availability of work in the UK, there was even less evidence that respondents had a comparative knowledge of how these phenomena varied between different European countries.

The majority of respondents wish to work and support themselves during the determination of their asylum claim rather than rely on the state - to be clear, this was all published by the Home Office in 2002 - but the findings are remarkably similar to reports conducted by the Huffington Post more recently in general, although it seems that those who are attracted to the UK do so because they feel they will be better prepared in the UK, not because they have looked at what the UK has offered and decided they will be better prepared. financially better off here, not just because of this, but even if they tried and moved to the UK because they think it would improve their situation.

This is often not even true. The EU has drawn up its own documents outlining the minimum conditions that must be granted to all asylum seekers. The lists include things like beds, kitchen utensils, closet space, and other things. Thus, although the details may change from country to country, asylum seekers are guaranteed a certain quality of life regardless of the country in which they end up, therefore the country in which they are granted asylum does not affect greatly their quality of life, in fact, the United Kingdom. actually provides less support to asylum seekers than neighboring France, according to Amnesty France offers asylum seekers the equivalent of £58 50 per week to spend significantly more than the UK's £37.50 per year, which equates to £1,950 for UK asylum seekers and £3,042 in France there is a difference of over £1,000 so it doesn't seem like asylum seekers are making an economic decision to come here and even if If they did, it doesn't exactly seem like the UK is kind of light touch, so it pretty much covers why asylum seekers choose to come to the UK if they do indeed choose a tool like we mentioned above?

It is difficult to assess exactly why asylum seekers want to come to the UK. However, there appear to be some key factors that make asylum seekers more likely to come. They speak English more than other European languages, so it makes sense that they would continue traveling until they reach somewhere where they can communicate easily. Sometimes asylum seekers already have family and friends in the UK, making the country more attractive. The UK's colonial past means that the UK has historical links with countries around the world other European countries often do not link refugees to the UK and the UK is often perceived as a safe, tolerant and democratic that makes an attractive choice, but it is clear that the UK does not have a disproportionate number of asylum seekers. asylum seekers compared to other European countries and the UK does not treat asylum seekers particularly well, it is hard to believe that even if they were able to compare countries, there would be any reason why the UK would stand out in terms of its government. offering, so maybe in the end the UK is not the hot spot for refugees, which might seem at first glance, what do you think the UK is taking the right approach to migrants in case the UK accept more people who are fleeing? war and conflict with a genuine concern for their safety or not enough is being done to differentiate between those who truly need assistance and those who do not let us know their opinion in the comments below.

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