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| A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have shown. | A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have shown. |
| Separate Home Office figures showed the number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2008, 6,595, were up 16% on the same period last year. | |
| There has been another drop in the numbers of migrants registering their arrival from eastern Europe. | There has been another drop in the numbers of migrants registering their arrival from eastern Europe. |
| In the 2008 first quarter, 45,000 registered to work, down 7,000 on the same period last year. | In the 2008 first quarter, 45,000 registered to work, down 7,000 on the same period last year. |
| The number of asylum applications is rising after an record low was reported last year, but the 2008 figure is still the second lowest since 1993/94. | |
| The number of failed asylum seekers deported from January to March was down 13%, to 2,805. | |
| The total number of people removed - including foreign criminals - was up 12% to 16,760. |