Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
The home secretary claimed the government has detained and removed 35,000 people, but the majority left the UK voluntarily. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister’s claim that immigration quadrupled in five years under the Conservatives actually appears to refer to net migration. Read
Immigration
Social media posts imply the pictures show migrants stealing a swan —but police say it appears the person pictured was trying to take a picture with a swan. Read
Immigration
With several related claims and video clips circulating on social media in the wake of the Reform UK leader’s comments, we’ve looked at what’s known. Read
Culture & Society
Many versions of the picture retain the ‘Grok’ watermark—the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot integrated with X, which creates images from prompts. Read
Politics
The picture was shared after the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally—but it isn’t real. Read
Immigration
Thousands of people have shared this clip with false claims it shows a child being kidnapped by two migrants. Read
Immigration
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed Labour has carried out “record levels” of returns and deportations, but that’s not what government data shows. Read
Immigration
That’s what an education minister claimed—but the 35,000 figure refers to the total number of immigration returns, most of which were voluntary. Read
Immigration
The home secretary claimed the number of crossings last month was lower than “any August previously”. But that’s not correct. Read
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