EU immigration
Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this
Population, immigration, and EU renegotiation
David Cameron's speech at Chatham House contained a number of claims on population growth and immigration. We've checked them here.
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Can working immigrants claim over £10,000 in benefits?
At the moment it's possible for some types of working households to get over £10,000 in in-work benefits, including people from the European Economic Area.
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Partner visas and the EU
Difficulties getting a visa for a spouse aren't directly caused by the EU; they reflect government policy on immigration, which EU migration affects.
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How many migrants are coming to Europe and the UK?
How many migrants have arrived in Europe in 2015? How many are expected to come? How many people arrived in the UK in 2014? We look at the facts.
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7 factchecks from the PM's immigration speech
Full Fact appeared on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show today to talk about the numbers behind David Cameron's immigration speech. The Prime Minister wants EU migrants to wait four …
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Is Britain sending £30m in child benefit to EU families?
"BRITISH taxpayers are giving more than £30million a year in Child Benefit to families in other EU countries." Daily Express, 28 May 2014 "Child benefit worth £30million paid by Britain …
Read more…We still need to be cautious about Romanian and Bulgarian immigration estimates
Two sets of figures released today have reignited the debate about European immigration. But neither necessarily tells us much about the impact that lifting transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian …
Read more…Jobs, laws and 'Eurocrats': UKIP's European election posters
UKIP's 2014 European elections posters were described by some as "inaccurate". So do the claims made by the party add up?
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Does Europe account for half of the world's welfare spending?
With Europe and welfare reform both topics at the top of the political agenda at the moment, Chancellor George Osborne used his speech to Open Europe this week to claim …
Read more…Bulgarian immigration: has the Home Office failed to reject a single work permit request?
The Bulgarian ambassador was quoted today as claiming that the wave of migrants that some expect to come from his country to the UK after restrictions on working rights are …
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