Here's the periodic update on the condition and numbers of "asylum seekers" in the UK. This story focuses on the many vicious racist attacks faced by Iraqis, Kurds, Turks and Nepalese in Plymouth and in Wrexham (way out of proportion to the puny numbers of asylum seekers they have in both cities.) In fact, the thing that makes me so ill about it is the rhetoric of being "swamped" with asylum seekers (just about the only legal category of immigrant there is, which is why I put it in quotes -- don't get me started!) So, in a country of between 60 and 70 million people, how many immigrants does it take to "swamp" the place? About 110,00 at any given time. Is the answer. I won't say right answer. That's about .16 of one percent of the population.