Carleton University Dept: A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees report released Monday indicated that the number of applications for asylum in Canada fell 30 per cent in 2010, part of an overall decline in asylum claims in developed countries, according to Montreal Gazette. Carleton University political scientist James Milner pointed to measures taken by Western countries to target select groups of asylum-seekers as a leading cause and the number of people arriving on Canada's shores in search of protection has fallen to its lowest level since 2006 - a trend one expert is blaming partly on political intervention. The UN study of 44 Western countries noted a five per cent drop in asylum claims filed last year, extending a 42 per cent slide in applications since 2001. As
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