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Sat 01 Jan 2010Applications for asylum in Republic fall by one-third
THE NUMBER of people claiming asylum in the Republic fell by almost one-third in 2009 and is now back to levels last seen in the mid-1990s.
The Government said the drop in asylum applications – the seventh consecutive fall in as many years – was due to better management of the asylum process, a crackdown on abuses in the system, and the recession.
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