... people arrived to claim asylum, then 20 years later in 2002 figures show a staggering 110,700 people (including their dependants) arrived to claim asylum. This is the equivalent of the population of a small town, which puts into perspective the number of immigrants that we receive in Britain alone. The thought of Britain been swamped by asylum seekers is likely to promote many other drawbacks for the country and people living in it. Organised crime is one example of these drawbacks that will occur. This has all developed because of the government attempting to decrease the number of immigrants gaining asylum by making it more difficult to have an application accepted. At the same time organised gangs quickly spotted that people wanted to move, be it for asylum, economic reasons or a mixture of both - and they began developing methods of sneaking people illegally in to the country. These ...

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