Algeria is a significant source of asylum seekers to the UK, most of these are law-abiding and peaceful citizens however over recent years numerous Algerian individuals residing in the UK have come to public attention largely due to their extremist views.[7] Algeria is by far the largest source of applications for asylum from Arab North Africa to the UK and alongside Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Sierra Leone as the African countries with the highest number of individuals applying for and receiving asylum rights in the UK.[8] Below is a table showing the number of Algerians who applied for asylum in the UK compared to the number who actually gained it (1998–2007).[8]