Asylum seekers and refugees
Fact checks about refugees and asylum seekers in the UK
Unaccompanied refugee children in Europe
How many unaccompanied children are in Europe and how many are claiming asylum here?
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Counting the number of migrants in the Calais ‘jungle’
Officials and charities disagree over an extra 2,000 migrants in the Calais camp. We look at how both got their figures.
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Where are the UK's refugees?
Reports that over 80% of councils have taken in no Syrian refugees under the main government resettlement programme are correct - up to a point.
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Refugees in Lebanon and the UK
Exact figures are hard to come by, but it seems correct to say that there are 10 times as many refugees in Lebanon as in the UK.
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UK aid to Syria
David Cameron claims that the UK is the second largest contributor of humanitarian aid in the Syrian crisis. This is right, according to the United Nations.
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Has the UK only taken in 216 Syrian refugees?
A number of outlets are claiming that the UK has taken in so few Syrian refugees that you could fit them all on a tube train. This is wrong.
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