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<p>A grant of leave as a refugee (as identified by the 1951 Geneva Convention) will
not be granted to those who are claiming for economic reasons only. The way in which
reasons for refusal of asylum claims are stored means that it is not possible to provide
a breakdown of the number of those identified as claiming as economic migrants; to
do so can only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Details on the number of asylum
claims refused each year can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-20</a><strong><a
href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017&data=02%7C01%7Ccartersa%40parliament.uk%7Ca7b899eda3194da180cb08d4ceab929e%7C1ce6dd9eb3374088be5e8dbbec04b34a%7C0%7C0%7C636360683670873531&sdata=0ZsOW2CZp7HtCEJp0QqSps7APpT7kiUVt8Jj6tbhPnc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">17</a></strong></p>
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