Immigration

26 June 2025

Video shows scenes in a cemetery in Belgium, not Ireland

A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was actually taken at a multifaith cemetery in Brussels.

The entrance to the Schaerbeek cemetery in Brussels, Belgium.

13 June 2025

Viral video does not show migrants at the beach in Dover

A widely shared clip which contains a voiceover of someone claiming people on a beach are asylum seekers at Dover is misleading.

9 June 2025

Was Sadiq Khan’s claim about migrant and UK-born workers’ contributions to the economy accurate?

In an interview last month the Mayor of London claimed on average a “skilled migrant” contributes £16,000 a year to the economy, and a “Brit skilled worker” £800 a year.

5 June 2025

BBC corrects Today programme net migration claim following Full Fact intervention

The BBC has corrected a claim about projected net migration made on Radio 4's Today programme following a request by Full Fact.

30 May 2025

Has this Labour government ‘allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history’?

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice hasn’t explained what this claim was based on, but neither we nor the Migration Observatory have seen data to support it.

Richard Tice MP the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader of Reform UK

20 May 2025

Migration misconceptions: what to watch out for as immigration tops the news agenda

Ahead of the publication of new net migration statistics this week, here are some key points to bear in mind.

14 May 2025

‘Home Office letter’ requisitioning former social club for migrants is fake

The hoax letter has been circulating on social media, but authorities say they have not received it, and it is not genuine.

12 May 2025

How has the number of asylum seekers in hotels changed under Labour?

During an interview with Conservative shadow policing minister Matt Vickers on Times Radio this morning, there appeared to be some confusion over how the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has changed since the general election.

9 May 2025

Defence secretary latest Labour MP to misrepresent government’s record on immigration returns

Defence secretary John Healey is the latest Labour MP to incorrectly refer to the total number of immigration returns carried out under the government as ‘deportations’.On Thursday 8 May, on …

7 May 2025

What deal has the government struck over Indian workers and National Insurance?

With opposition parties warning of “two-tier taxes” and the PM describing criticism as “incoherent nonsense”, we look at what we know about what’s been announced.

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds hosted an India business roundtable last month

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Video shows scenes in a cemetery in Belgium, not Ireland

Viral video does not show migrants at the beach in Dover

Was Sadiq Khan’s claim about migrant and UK-born workers’ contributions to the economy accurate?

BBC corrects Today programme net migration claim following Full Fact intervention

Has this Labour government ‘allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history’?

Migration misconceptions: what to watch out for as immigration tops the news agenda

‘Home Office letter’ requisitioning former social club for migrants is fake

How has the number of asylum seekers in hotels changed under Labour?

Defence secretary latest Labour MP to misrepresent government’s record on immigration returns

What deal has the government struck over Indian workers and National Insurance?

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