Claim: Two thirds of asylum-seekers who arrived here since 2018 claiming to be unaccompanied children were found to be adults.
Fact-check: Claim two-thirds of child asylum seekers are actually adults is false - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true, and is based on a misinterpretation of home office statistics. according to official figures, around 20% of people who said they were unaccompanied children while claiming asylum in the uk were later found to be adults between january 2018 and march 2022.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-07-13T00:00:00