Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
"Non-EU migration cut by 13 per cent—and economic migration from outside the EU capped"—Conservative manifesto "Britain has seen historically high levels of immigration in recent years"—Labour manifesto These claims aren't … Read
Immigration
"We have already re-introduced a proper system of exit checks across the country"—Conservative manifesto "We will introduce full exit checks, so that we can count people in and out of … Read
Immigration
What key changes took place in UK migration policy under the Coalition government? Read
Immigration
"You were predicting figures of between 5,000 and 13,000 immigrants a year from the expansion of the EU in 2004 and actually something like 400,000 people came in" — Jeremy … Read
Health
Where the £1.8 billion figure comes from, and the best rough estimates we have of deliberate and normal use of the NHS by foreigners. Read
Immigration
There is no single "correct" answer to the question of how much migrants contribute to public finances. Read
Immigration
The number of enforced removals of people without authorization to remain have gradually fallen since 2005. Read
Immigration
Net migration last year was estimated at 298,000. We looked at why we don't know exactly how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK. Read
Immigration
"We will aim to bring immigration in this country back to normality …up until 1998, we had between 20,000 and 50,000, perhaps an average of 30,000 people a year (net) … Read
Health
"Here's a fact…there are 7,000 diagnoses in this country every year of people that are HIV positive… 60% of them are not British nationals" — Nigel Farage, 2nd April 2015 … Read
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