Claim: In 2017 the UK resettled more refugees from outside Europe than any other EU member state.
Fact-check: How many refugees does the UK take in? - Full Fact
Verdict: technically correct, but resettled refugees are only a subset of all refugees a country might take in. overall, germany, france, austria and sweden all granted asylum to more refugees than the uk did in 2017.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2019-08-16T00:00:00