How Many People Are Trying to Get to the UK?

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The uk. Receives about a third as many asylum applications as germany per year, and fewer than half the number than in france. The reality is that fewer displaced people want to go to the u k, or at least manage to get to the uk. But we do tend to attract migrants from certain countries, specifically cardistan and irak iran ran. We just want to go study ther continual lifed.

A week of dizzying diplomatic meetings seeking to de-escalate tensions with Russia kicks off today in Moscow and Washington, aid agencies call for unblocking of cash flows to Afghanistan as the humanitarian crisis deepens. Plus, the FT’s Anna Gross takes us inside a French refugee camp to hear the stories of the people who are seeking asylum in the UK.

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