The Danish government rightly points out that it has accepted a huge
number of refugees per capita.
Scattering across Europe and the Middle East, more than a million of those displaced relocated to Lebanon, a country now home to the largest
number of refugees per capita in the world.
Not exact matches
The
number of refugees in Lebanon is estimated to make up a third
of its population, giving it the largest concentration
per capita in the world.
Presented with a sliding scale
of numbers from 0 to 300,000 and asked: «How many Syrian
refugees should the UK accept», the biggest response — 29
per cent — said «none».
A better comparison would be to the
number of claims made prior to governmental attacks on
refugee rights, which show that the
numbers are simply returning to their typical levels (e.g. 32,000
per year from 2000 to 2009 — including 44,000 in 2001).
That's more than the
numbers in the early years
of the new
refugee determination system established by the former Conservative government (e.g. 13,500
per year from 2013 - 2015).