Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
This viral image claims that pensioners can collect just a fifth of the benefits ‘illegal immigrants’ and refugees can. But how much can each group really get? Read
People living in Britain as refugees are entitled to the same benefit and pension payments as UK citizens. Read
Immigration
Refugees are not required to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach. But under EU law they can sometimes be returned to the first safe EU country they reached. Read
Immigration
Asylum seekers have to be destitute to get support and, if eligible, can’t choose what type of housing they get. Read
Immigration
Much criticism has been directed towards the UN’s new migration agreement. A lot of the criticism is inaccurate. Read
Europe
If parliament approves the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the UK and EU, the plan is for free movement of people between the UK and EU to end in 2021. Read
Health
EU nationals make up a similar percentage of the NHS workforce in England now as they did in 2016. Read
Question Time on October 5, 2018 came from Canary Wharf in London. Topics covered were austerity, immigration, knife crime and clapping being replaced with hand waving. Read
Immigration
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) today released a report about the impacts of EU immigrant workers on the UK economy, and recommendations for how immigration policy should change. Read
Immigration
Including children born to immigrants, this seems broadly correct for the period 2001-2016. Read
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