Claim: The UK is ranked 14th in Europe for the number of asylum seekers it processes and accepts. The UK receives six applications for every 10,000 people, and the European average is 11 applications.
Fact-check: Is the UK ranked 14th in Europe for the number of asylum seekers it processes and accepts? - FactCheckNI
Verdict: inaccurate with consideration. figures for 2020 show that the uk was 20th among euro nations for asylum applications received per head of population, and 19th for applications granted. the uk did receive six applications for every 10,000 people that year, and ranked 14th per head of population by that measure, when compared with eu nations only.
Organisation: FactCheckNI
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2022-03-30T00:00:00