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EU Free Movement Rules Could Send Nearly 480,000 Refugees to UK

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Nearly half a million refugees granted asylum in the European Union could end up in the United Kingdom from 2020 onward, a British research group said Tuesday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The MigrationWatch UK think-tank said that "if between 5% and 10% subsequently moved to the UK following acquisition of EU citizenship to which they will become entitled, this could mean an inflow of between 240,000 and 480,000 [refugees] over a number of years from around 2020."

Projecting continued 58-percent asylum application approval rate so far this year and in 2015, the NGO said up to 968,000 people could be granted protection in the European Union based on applications received in 2015 and the first quarter of this year.

In 2016, 147,000 outstanding applications remain after decisions have been handed down in 199,000 out of 346,000 cases, MigrationWatch UK tallied.

It estimated that roughly 729,000 undecided applications remained from last year and 2014.

"Those granted refugee status in the EU have the legal right to citizenship as the Refugee Convention confers a responsibility on all signatories to facilitate access to naturalization," the NGO reminded.

"Once those granted refugee status are granted citizenship they will have full free movement rights across the EU and therefore the right to live and work in the UK, as will their family members."

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British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps in neighboring countries by 2020. Earlier this month, his government agreed to accept what could be 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children registered in the European Union.

In contrast to Britain, the European Union received over 1.25 third-country asylum applications in 2015, the same year that saw 1.85 million illegal border crossings into the bloc.

The think-tank estimated two weeks ago that migration from the European Union into the United Kingdom cost the British government up to $4.3 million per day based on benefits and public services.

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