<P> It was met according to official figures . There is also a Public Performance Target to remove more asylum seekers who have been judged not to be refugees under the international definition than new anticipated unfounded applications . This target was met early in 2006 . Official figures for numbers of people claiming asylum in the UK were at a 13 - year low by March 2006 . </P> <P> Human rights organisations such as Amnesty International have argued that the government's new policies, particularly those concerning detention centres, have detrimental effects on asylum applicants and their children, and those facilities have seen a number of hunger strikes and suicides . Others have argued that recent government policies aimed at reducing' bogus' asylum claims have had detrimental impacts on those genuinely in need of protection . </P> <P> In addition to offering asylum, the UK operates two refugee resettlement schemes in co-operation with the UNHCR: the Gateway Resettlement Programme and the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme . </P> <P> The UK hosts one of the largest populations of Iraqi refugees outside the Gulf region . About 65 - 70% of people originating from Iraq are Kurdish, and 70% of those from Turkey and 15% of those from Iran are Kurds . </P>

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