The pressure on the detention estate grew as the numbers of asylum applicants rose during the 1990s.

After a two-hour wait, an officer told him that asylum applicants need not show up in person.

First, an asylum applicant must establish that he or she fears persecution.

Growing numbers of asylum applicants caused a recent crackdown.

The number was put at 2,300 asylum applicants.

You point out the difficulty asylum applicants face in proving rape.

It's not enough for asylum applicants to say that they were threatened, or even beaten.

But she had an advantage that many asylum applicants do not.

Particular attention must be paid to vulnerable asylum applicants.

The last place I'm going to send an asylum applicant is to the country that they're fleeing from.