EU immigration
Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this
Most of these NHS jobs are classed as “skilled” under new immigration rules
The minimum eligible salary will be £20,480, but other criteria will also apply.
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You can have freedom of movement outside the EU if you’re in the single market
Norway and some other countries follow the free movement rules of the single market without being EU members.
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Unpublished Home Office target needs explaining
Figures reportedly briefed by the Home Office suggest that migration law change could cut unskilled EU migration by 90,000. That’s higher than the number of unskilled EU migrants coming to …
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EU immigration to the UK
How many EU immigrants come to the UK, how many leave, and what effect has Brexit had?
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How many migrants have registered with GPs in the last decade?
6.5 million migrants have joined GP surgeries in the decade from 2007, but not all of them are here long-term and some were double counted.
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Do refugees have to stay in the first safe country they reach?
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 …
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Has there been a ‘Brexodus’ of EU citizens since the referendum?
What's happened to immigration, EU workers and the population since the Brexit referendum?
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What does the latest Brexit deal mean for immigration?
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.
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EU staff in the NHS: what has happened since the referendum?
EU nationals make up a similar percentage of the NHS workforce in England now as they did in 2016.
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EU immigrant workers in the UK: five things we learned
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.
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