It is little wonder Britain produces home grown Islamic terrorists when the leading asylum seeking groups are all seemingly of that faith and from warring areas.

Strange that immigration criticisms seem to apply only to Christian Polish people who are white and work hard.

There is one clear certainty and that is the flag of Islam will eventually fly over Westminster and the country will suffer under Sharia law.

Tony Quirke, Laity, Helston, UK

It is no good whining about us being favourite destination, you have to look at the bigger picture and see what our foreign policy does to their countries.

Leaving what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan aside, if we take the Eritrean case, Tony Blair is the the first one who was pampering the Ethiopian dictator with massive aid while the Ethiopians are breaking the international border commisions ruling on the Ethio-Eritrean common border. By Ethiopia refusing to comply, it is faning the war and forcing
people out of their countries. The sad thing is we were party of the guarantors for this deal. We need to stand up and do the right thing, if we need less refugees.

Anthony, Brigton,

In the same report, the EU average is .4 per 1000 inhabitants, with the UK just above the average at .5 . The U.K. has less than 1/10th of Cyprus (5.9) and well under Malta and Sweden - by a factor of 5. Even Luxembourg has twice the relative burden of assylum seekers as the U.K.

The U.K. has a relatively average burden of assylum seekers - it had a reduction in 2006 while 8 countries had increases. The U.K. has it relatively easy; 9 countries have much heavier burdens as a percentage of the population and many of those are not as wealthy on a per capita basis. I think this should have been highlighted in the article, and not make the U.K. seem to be the refuge of assylum seekers which it is not. Your a big country with an average burden.

SF, Olm, Luxembourg

I wonder why we're the destination to die for? Couldn't be our welfare state could it? 12 months pretending to work, then the Government keeps you for the rest of your idle life. Nice work if you can get it.

Judy , Liverpool, england

good luck to the government! joining the EU was a bad move..this country is flooded with europeans and just because other countries are hit with a war, the poeple in this country are suffering for it! as if the crime rate in this country wasb't bad enough its risen since this country has been flooded! this country is not big enough..there are house being built everywhere..pity they didnt do it when their own people needed housing but instead were put on a housing list for years! the government int his country is ridiculous..and Tony Blair has ruined it all!

Kiran, london,

Of course, according to the mythology, "soft-touch" Britain has always received more than any other country..........

Jim Holloway, longsight manchester, uk