EU asylum seekers lose support

The Home Office (UK Interior Ministry) is ending support for 2,500 asylum seekers on 1 May 2004 and has told them to leave their homes because they are from new EU states which join the EU on that day..

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http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/destination_uk/default.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/destination_uk/default.stm

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2004/april04/relea162.htm http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/2004/april04/relea162.htm

http://www.icar.org.uk/pdf/sign005.pdf http://www.icar.org.uk/pdf/sign005.pdf

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