Claim: One in five asylum seekers in the EU are from Syria.
Fact-check: Are only one in five asylum seekers Syrian? - Full Fact
Verdict: this was correct for the eu asylum applications in spring 2015 . but this was before a more recent surge in arrivals, and there is evidence to suggest that a high proportion of these people are from syria.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-09-22T00:00:00