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EU regulation

Fact checks about european union regulation, brexit and the impact this has on UK law

Asylum

Fact checks directly related to the asylum and asylum seekers and the UK and Europe

What Brexit means

Fact checks about the reported impacts of Brexit including imports, holidays, passports and the single market

Latest Europe fact checks

Millions did not vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR
2 June 2023

Brexit did not have any direct impact on the laws relating to human rights in the UK.

Not all fish in the Channel belong to the EU
31 May 2023

A post on Facebook also makes a misleading claim about small boat crossings to the UK.

BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
31 January 2023

Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.

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Trade

Fact checks around imports, exports and trade figures