Claim: The UK received 24,000 asylum applications last year, far fewer than other EU countries.
Fact-check: UN wrong on asylum seekers in Britain - Full Fact
Verdict: it's 31,000 including family members, the sixth highest number in the eu. adjusting for population size, the uk is 18th out of 30 european countries.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-08-03T00:00:00