Claim: Lebanon, a country the size of Devon and Cornwall, shelters 1.5 million refugees compared to 150,000 in the UK.
Fact-check: Refugees in Lebanon and the UK - Full Fact
Verdict: lebanon is the size of those counties combined, and the figures are in the right ballpark, although lebanon's refugee population is unusual in that many have been "refugees" for decades or from birth, which isn't possible in the uk.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Gabriel Pogrund
Date published: 2016-07-25T00:00:00