Get the facts on immigration

Fact checks about immigration statistics, asylum seekers border control and potential impacts on public services and opinions

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Border control

Fact checks about freedom of movement and immigration controls in the UK

Costs and benefits

Fact checks about the economic impact on wages, house prices and health care created by immigration to the UK

EU immigration

Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this

Asylum seekers and refugees

Fact checks about refugees and asylum seekers in the UK

No evidence small boat arrivals beat NHS waiting lists
6 October 2022

A Facebook post claims people arriving in small boats can beat the NHS waiting lists.

Asylum seekers do not get £175 per week on a prepaid card
20 September 2022

It’s closer to £175 per person per month.

Leaked report doesn’t ‘vindicate’ view that most people crossing the Channel on small boats are 'economic migrants'
12 August 2022

The Mail on Sunday recently published an article stating that four in 10 people crossing the Channel in small boats are from Albania.

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Immigrants and crime

Fact checks including claims made about the impact of immigration on crime levels and the prison system

Immigration statistics

Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants

Immigration fact checks

No evidence small boat arrivals beat NHS waiting lists
6 October 2022

A Facebook post claims people arriving in small boats can beat the NHS waiting lists.

Asylum seekers do not get £175 per week on a prepaid card
20 September 2022

It’s closer to £175 per person per month.

Telegraph ‘migrant’ graph only captures fraction of arrivals in the UK
16 August 2022

A graph published by the Telegraph misses hundreds of thousands of people who moved to the UK to live, study and work in 2021.

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Immigration and integration

Fact checks related to the reporting of societal integration of immigrants to the UK

Immigration and jobs

Fact checks including the impact of immigration on the UK labour market, skills gaps and wages

Public opinion of immigration

Fact checks including the reporting of public attitudes towards immigration

Immigration and public services

Fact checks including the impact of immigration on health, legal and prison services in the UK

Treatment of immigrants

Fact checks including immigration law, windrush, detention centres and the UK's relationship with the EU