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Last year, the UK received a total of 31,945 applications, the sixth highest figure across European countries. It approved around 44 per cent of these. The data also reveals one in 20 asylum

applications made to the UK last year were from unaccompanied minors. Under-18s made 1,860 applications, up almost 47 per cent from the number made in 2013. Save the Children  urged the

Government to let more migrants seek asylum here. A spokeswoman for the charity said: "We must remember refugees escaping wars and persecution do have the legal right to international

protection. Too often they are mixed up in the debate about economic migration. "Save the Children has called for 1,500 unaccompanied children to be relocated to the UK when they arrive

in Europe, so they don't have to die trying to reach the UK or face grave exploitation on route." Refugee Council head of advocacy Dr Lisa Doyle called on the Government to do

more to resettle refugees. She said: "The world is in the grip of one of the largest refugee crises ever, yet sadly the number of people able to find safety in Britain remains low.

"It's time Britain lived up to its proud tradition of protecting refugees by stepping forward and offering safe haven to more people. "The UK Government must make a new,

substantial pledge towards resettling thousands of refugees directly from the region and we must also make it easier for families divided by war to be able to reunite with their loved ones

who are already living here in safety. "For many of the world's most vulnerable people, it's quite simply a matter of life and death." The number of young migrants in

Kent County Council's care has risen sharply in the last three months, leaving it with a £5.5 million funding gap in care costs. In the league tables, the UK ranked 14th out of 28 EU

countries last year, according to per capita figures collected by the European Commission, approving 217 asylum requests per million population. Sweden topped the table granting 3,388

approvals per million population, followed by Malta, at 3,016, and Cyprus, 1,434. The top five was completed by Denmark, with 1,019, and Bulgaria, 975. The UK's mid-table ranking comes

despite continuing media attention on Calais, where thousands of migrants have attempted to breach fences to enter Britain. Germany received the most, 202,815, followed by Sweden who

received 81,325 and Italy, with 64,625.