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An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 migrants, who want to go to the UK, are living in squalid camps in Calais (Photo: Jey OH photographie)

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Brexit would prevent UK from returning asylum seekers

Much has been said about trade and migration should the UK leave the EU following Thursday's (23 June) referendum.

Justice minister and Leave campaigner Michael Gove said that "EU immigration policies have encouraged people traffickers and brought desperate refugee camps to our borders".

But should it go, Britain may inadvertently become a brighter beacon for those hoping for international protection who are already near the UK borders.

EU asylum law gives governments the ri...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 migrants, who want to go to the UK, are living in squalid camps in Calais (Photo: Jey OH photographie)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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