"We let 63 per cent of asylum seekers from Iran IN...while France keeps 69 per cent OUT"

[Vergennes]

• The UK grants refugee status to almost two-thirds of those who arrive from Iran
• Those refused asylum unlikely to be kicked out, analysis of official data shows
• This may explain why so many Iranians risk their lives in Channel, experts claim
  
  
  

Britain was last night branded a 'soft touch' for accepting far more Iranian asylum-seekers than France does.

Figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the UK grants refugee status to almost two-thirds of those who arrive from Iran. By contrast France takes in only one in three.

And even those refused asylum in Britain are highly unlikely to be kicked out, analysis of official data shows.

Experts last night claimed that the stark disparity in treatment explains why so many Iranians are prepared to risk their lives making the perilous trip across the Channel in flimsy dinghies.

Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: 'The British asylum system is less stringent than the one in France and this is partly why people are trying to come through Calais into Britain and not apply in France.'

An analysis of Home Office data by Migration Watch found that about 2,500 Iranians applied for asylum in the UK each year between 2008 and 2017, more than from any other country except Germany.

In the past year, 63 per cent of the cases ended with claimants being granted asylum, discretionary leave or humanitarian protection. Only 37 per cent were rejected.

Tribunal judges often accept the claims of those who say they are from minority ethnic groups, political dissidents, Christians, gay or deemed at risk of torture or detention if they are returned to their Sharia-ruled homeland.

For the past five years, an average of only about 100 failed applicants have been forcibly removed or chosen to leave per annum – less than four per cent of the total.

Refugee groups say that once an Iranian loses a bid to remain on appeal, they often abscond and work in the black economy or their lawyers submit a fresh asylum application which could take years to process.

The asylum rejection rate for Iranians is much higher in France – the country where all of the Calais migrants could have applied for asylum.

Latest figures from Eurostat, the EU statistical body, show that in 2017, France rejected 63 per cent of Iranian asylum seekers at first decision and ordered them to leave the country. In the first three quarters of 2018, that rose to 69 per cent.

A French government source said the rejection rate for Iranians is similar to the overall rate for all asylum seekers in France, which stands at around 70 per cent.

'This rejection figure is very likely to rise following the passing of a new asylum bill last summer,' the source said.

'Procedures are becoming far more streamlined, more forensic and fast. Those who have not been able to build a credible asylum case are rejected very quickly.'

Some of the Iranians at Calais have told The Mail on Sunday that they want to come to Britain because there is a lower chance of being denied permission to stay. The Home Office says 543 Iranians crossed the Channel on dinghies and small fishing boats in 2018. Of those, 438 made the crossing between October and December.

Earlier this month, Home Secretary Sajid Javid was criticised after expressing scepticism about most of the Iranian migrants being genuine asylum seekers.

He said: 'If you are a genuine asylum seeker, why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country you arrived in?

'Because France is not a country where anyone would argue it is not safe in any way whatsoever, and if you are genuine, then why not seek asylum in your first safe country?'

A Home Office spokesman said: 'The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, however, we are clear that those with no right to be in the UK should return home.

'Since the beginning of 2010 there have been more than 345,000 voluntary or enforced returns and we will always seek to return people with no right to be in the UK.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6585561/Proof-Britain-soft-touch-migrants.html

Why are Iranians fleeing Iran in the first place ?

 

[Jobless Jack]

any particular reason why Britain has this fetish for Iraninans ?

 

[Hamza913]

Why are they being accepted at all? Iran is not as bad as places like Syria or Afghanistan.

 

[fitpOsitive]

• The UK grants refugee status to almost two-thirds of those who arrive from Iran
• Those refused asylum unlikely to be kicked out, analysis of official data shows
• This may explain why so many Iranians risk their lives in Channel, experts claim

Britain was last night branded a 'soft touch' for accepting far more Iranian asylum-seekers than France does.

Figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the UK grants refugee status to almost two-thirds of those who arrive from Iran. By contrast France takes in only one in three.

And even those refused asylum in Britain are highly unlikely to be kicked out, analysis of official data shows.

Experts last night claimed that the stark disparity in treatment explains why so many Iranians are prepared to risk their lives making the perilous trip across the Channel in flimsy dinghies.

Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: 'The British asylum system is less stringent than the one in France and this is partly why people are trying to come through Calais into Britain and not apply in France.'

An analysis of Home Office data by Migration Watch found that about 2,500 Iranians applied for asylum in the UK each year between 2008 and 2017, more than from any other country except Germany.

In the past year, 63 per cent of the cases ended with claimants being granted asylum, discretionary leave or humanitarian protection. Only 37 per cent were rejected.

Tribunal judges often accept the claims of those who say they are from minority ethnic groups, political dissidents, Christians, gay or deemed at risk of torture or detention if they are returned to their Sharia-ruled homeland.

For the past five years, an average of only about 100 failed applicants have been forcibly removed or chosen to leave per annum – less than four per cent of the total.

Refugee groups say that once an Iranian loses a bid to remain on appeal, they often abscond and work in the black economy or their lawyers submit a fresh asylum application which could take years to process.

The asylum rejection rate for Iranians is much higher in France – the country where all of the Calais migrants could have applied for asylum.

Latest figures from Eurostat, the EU statistical body, show that in 2017, France rejected 63 per cent of Iranian asylum seekers at first decision and ordered them to leave the country. In the first three quarters of 2018, that rose to 69 per cent.

A French government source said the rejection rate for Iranians is similar to the overall rate for all asylum seekers in France, which stands at around 70 per cent.

'This rejection figure is very likely to rise following the passing of a new asylum bill last summer,' the source said.

'Procedures are becoming far more streamlined, more forensic and fast. Those who have not been able to build a credible asylum case are rejected very quickly.'

Some of the Iranians at Calais have told The Mail on Sunday that they want to come to Britain because there is a lower chance of being denied permission to stay. The Home Office says 543 Iranians crossed the Channel on dinghies and small fishing boats in 2018. Of those, 438 made the crossing between October and December.

Earlier this month, Home Secretary Sajid Javid was criticised after expressing scepticism about most of the Iranian migrants being genuine asylum seekers.

He said: 'If you are a genuine asylum seeker, why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country you arrived in?

'Because France is not a country where anyone would argue it is not safe in any way whatsoever, and if you are genuine, then why not seek asylum in your first safe country?'

A Home Office spokesman said: 'The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, however, we are clear that those with no right to be in the UK should return home.

'Since the beginning of 2010 there have been more than 345,000 voluntary or enforced returns and we will always seek to return people with no right to be in the UK.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6585561/Proof-Britain-soft-touch-migrants.html

Why are Iranians fleeing Iran in the first place ?

The only reason why european union doesnt contain UK is France. France want to eat everything by herself, an extremely selfish attitude.
Germany has sacrificed so much in keeping europe unite.
I think it will be better to kickout France, re-invite UK, and form some other new alliance.

 

[Śakra]

All illegals, regardless of country, should be sent back home.

 

[Vergennes]

The only reason why european union doesnt contain UK is France. France want to eat everything by herself, an extremely selfish attitude.
Germany has sacrificed so much in keeping europe unite.
I think it will be better to kickout France, re-invite UK, and form some other new alliance.

How is that related to this article ?

And... seems like you've got no idea of France's importance in the European Union. France IS the European Union. No country can be expelled from that union,the only extreme measures to be taken against a member state are the suspension of its representation and voting rights in case it violated numerous times the EU's founding principles.

 

[UKBengali]

All illegals, regardless of country, should be sent back home.

So when are you going back to India?

How is that related to this article ?

And... seems like you've got no idea of France's importance in the European Union. France IS the European Union. No country can be expelled from that union,the only extreme measures to be taken against a member state are the suspension of its representation and voting rights in case it violated numerous times the EU's founding principles.

Without France and Germany, EU means nothing.

 

[fitpOsitive]

How is that related to this article ?

And... seems like you've got no idea of France's importance in the European Union. France IS the European Union. No country can be expelled from that union,the only extreme measures to be taken against a member state are the suspension of its representation and voting rights in case it violated numerous times the EU's founding principles.

France makes sure that everybody obeying them. Thats why UK is out of EU.

 

[like_a_boss]

any particular reason why Britain has this fetish for Iraninans ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips

 

[padamchen]

@Bahram Esfandiari @drmeson @haman10 @scythian500

Why are Iranians fleeing Iran?

Cheers, Doc

 

[Hack-Hook]

• The UK grants refugee status to almost two-thirds of those who arrive from Iran

• Those refused asylum unlikely to be kicked out, analysis of official data shows

• This may explain why so many Iranians risk their lives in Channel, experts claim

maybe it also had something to do with the fact that since 100 years ago nearly no Iranian understand french while English has become like our second languages .

Why are they being accepted at all? Iran is not as bad as places like Syria or Afghanistan.

well , there is some difference between the type of asylum seeker from those countries and the ones from Iran and that's being an expert worker. many of Iranian asylum have higher education and its far far more likely for them to integrate into the new country society to the extent that it become nearly impossible to distinguish them from the people of the host country while for the rest of MENA region the chance that the person can't integrate completely into the host nation is much higher .

All illegals, regardless of country, should be sent back home.

there is a difference between illegals and asylum seekers .
an illegal immigrant usually try to disappear from the eyes of law and they certainly that alone show they had no regards for the law . an asylum seeker on other hand after reaching the host country is applying for a lawful processto stay in that country .
so I believe there most be some difference here and some process must be there to see if the guy can be part of the host country or no.

@Bahram Esfandiari @drmeson @haman10 @scythian500

Why are Iranians fleeing Iran?

Cheers, Doc

well ,there are lots of reasons . one is that the pasture over the fences always are greener .
another reason is economical problem in recent years , some people are going there because sometimes the circle of tolerance is far tighter than what it should be.

by the way there are a lot more chance for Iranian t end up in an English country like Uk, Australia ,USA or Canada or .... here the exception is Germany . I don't really knew why but some Iranian have a more positive view about Germany and also there is higher chance for them to go there than the rest of European countries. some people say it has something to do with what happened in the last years of 19 century and the two world war but honestly I can't see why what happened then must be important today.

 

[Sam.]

by the way there are a lot more chance for Iranian t end up in an English country like Uk, Australia ,USA or Canada or .... here the exception is Germany . I don't really knew why but some Iranian have a more positive view about Germany

Duh!
Aryan brotherhood.

 

[vostok]

I do not understand - The British are bragging they have more foreigners? Are they out of their mind? This is the voluntary destruction of their own people. The voluntary self-genocide, stretched in time.

 

[haman10]

@Bahram Esfandiari @drmeson @haman10 @scythian500

Why are Iranians fleeing Iran?

Cheers, Doc

They fear some brown people from India with identity crisis might eat them

 

[padamchen]

They fear some brown people from India with identity crisis might eat them

Hamam jan, you guys are show Alsatians.

Those brown guys are the timber wolves.

Cheers, Doc