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 | | Decisions were made on almost 120,000 applications in 2001, with asylum granted to 11,180 people, nine percent, and leave to remain given to 19,845, 17 percent; 87,990 applications were refused, with 75 percent of those refused asylum appealing the refusal. |
 | | Immigration Appellate Authority adjudicators heard 43,415 appeals, and granted asylum to 19 of the cases heard, and rejected asylum in 79 percent. |
 | | The government projected that the UK population would increase by five million by 2025, from 60 to 65 million, with 3.4 million of the increase due to immigration. |
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