With Olympic athletes trying to get in to the UK, and Julian Assange trying to slip out, one might ask "how hard is it to get political asylum these days?" US and EU immigration statistics suggest several hundred thousand people receive visas based on political considerations each year. Here are the most recent numbers for the European Union, where France gets the most applications for asylum status most years. According to the EU's number crunching service, Eurostat, just over a quarter million people received visas to live in the common market's countries last year, with the largest ... Read More