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19 June 2024

ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’

The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036.

21 December 2023

List of claims about Muslims in Britain reappears on social media

A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced.

31 January 2023

Aspen card does not give asylum seekers £175 a week

Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook.

4 February 2019

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.

31 January 2019

This image on benefits for pensioners and refugees is not correct

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?

18 September 2018

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.

9 May 2018

Are there 100,000 vacancies in the NHS?

There were reportedly 100,000 vacancies in NHS trusts in England between October-December 2017. Home Office caps on visa numbers mean some international doctors cannot enter the UK to work.

19 April 2018

4,000 EU prisoners in England and Wales

There were 4,000 EU nationals in prison in England and Wales at the end of 2017, and over 9,000 foreign prisoners overall. It’s not easy to determine the cost of these prisoners to the taxpayer.

12 February 2018

Are junior doctors paid enough to get a UK visa?

In December 2017, a non-EEA junior doctor needed to be earning £55,000 in order to get a visa for the UK.

18 May 2017

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ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’

List of claims about Muslims in Britain reappears on social media

Aspen card does not give asylum seekers £175 a week

How many migrants have registered with GPs in the last decade?

This image on benefits for pensioners and refugees is not correct

EU immigrant workers in the UK: five things we learned

Are there 100,000 vacancies in the NHS?

4,000 EU prisoners in England and Wales

Are junior doctors paid enough to get a UK visa?

Conservative Manifesto: Immigration and public services

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