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2023-08-08 11:45:18 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Those arriving by boat are not illegal. It is legal to enter a country to claim asylum https://www.unhcr.org/uk/asylum-uk#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20such%20thing,seek%20asylum%20in%20another%20country. The UK is taking very few refugees from camps - only 1391 in 2022 under the UN resettlement scheme https://www.unhcr.org/uk/asylum-uk#:~:text=According%20to%20UNHCR%20statistics%2C%20as,increase%20from%20the%20previous%20year.

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• Those arriving by boat are not illegal. It is legal to enter a country to claim asylum https://www.unhcr.org/uk/asylum-uk#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20such%20thing,seek%20asylum%20in%20another%20country. The UK is taking very few refugees from camps - only 1391 in 2022 under the UN resettlement scheme https://www.unhcr.org/uk/asylum-uk#:~:text=According%20to%20UNHCR%20statistics%2C%20as,increase%20from%20the%20previous%20year.