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1. Refugee Council definition: 'In the UK, a person is a refugee only when their application for asylum has been accepted by the Home Office. When a person has lodged an asylum claim with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate at the Home Office and is waiting for a decision on their claim, s/he is called an 'asylum seeker' ( http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/infocentre/asylumlaw/seeking_asylum.html)
2. Pupils in Scotland 2005 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/28083932/0
3. Pupils in Scotland 2006 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/0
4. Statistics from the two cities' Education Departments
5. Current policy as reported by the authority is that any attendance in a separate class would be short-term and for only one day a week, with the mainstream classroom being the preferred environment for language acquisition
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