{"id":222070,"date":"2025-02-27T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-asylum-claims-at-the-highest-level-in-over-20-years\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:05:41","slug":"why-are-asylum-claims-at-the-highest-level-in-over-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-asylum-claims-at-the-highest-level-in-over-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are asylum claims\u00a0at the highest level in over 20 years?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4SZXKqRFBFk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are asylum claims\u00a0at the highest level in over 20 years?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4SZXKqRFBFk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Government figures released today showed that the number of asylum applications was at a 20-year\u00a0record\u00a0high\u00a0but,\u00a0for the first time since 2020, more applications were refused than granted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The data also reveals that the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone up,\u00a0but that the asylum backlog has gone down. Small boat crossings were up on last year but down on\u00a02022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to our data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire to find out what we learnt from today&#8217;s figures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Soila Apparicio<br \/>\nEditor: Wendy Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government figures released today showed that the number of asylum applications was at a 20-year\u00a0record\u00a0high\u00a0but,\u00a0for the first time since 2020, more applications were refused than granted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The data also reveals that the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone up,\u00a0but that the asylum backlog has gone down. 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