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Asylum seekers and refugees
Fact checks about refugees and asylum seekers in the UK
No evidence asylum seekers have used pets to argue against deportation
A previously debunked claim about people being granted the right to live in the UK because they own a pet here has reappeared.
Resettlement figures don’t give us the full picture on refugee numbers
It’s true that the UK has resettled the highest number of refugees since 2015, compared to other European countries.
The facts about people seeking asylum in the UK
The number of people applying for asylum in the UK looks to increase slightly this year, but the proportion who are arriving in boats across the Channel has increased significantly.
