Claim: Around 90,000 unaccompanied children claimed asylum in Europe in 2015.
Fact-check: Unaccompanied refugee children in Europe - Full Fact
Verdict: official figures show this. there's some uncertainty over the age of some applicants, where the authorities have to assess what age they think a person is.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-09-20T00:00:00