Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-08 16:31:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1C7B422318B1D146D7957188C059F4ECFF84F3288A4F2A58223F327AE28EE69A
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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.
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