Asylum requests drop by 40% in a year

THE number of Nigerians seeking asylum here dropped by 50% this year compared with 2008, Department of Justice figures show.

Overall, the numbers seeking asylum dropped 40% year-on-year, but Nigeria still provides the highest number of asylum seekers.

The number of asylum seekers from Iraq dropped by over 60% from 203 to 75. The numbers from Georgia also fell by over 50% from 181 in 2008 to 78 so far this year.