As asylum looks like being a key election issue, Caroline Moore- head reminds us of one simple truth. No one wants to be a refugee. No one wants to leave their home. They do so out of desperation, tortured, raped, witnessing terrifying abuse, or in terrible, straitened circumstances. Of course not all would-be immigrants are in fear of their lives, but a remarkably large percentage turn out to be so, and some 40 per cent are eventually granted refugee status or given exceptional leave to remain.
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