Treatment of immigrants

Fact checks including immigration law, windrush, detention centres and the UK's relationship with the EU

12 August 2021

Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans

The data is not entirely reliable, and there may be multiple reasons why deportation rates vary, including whether deportation would affect someone’s human rights.

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18 December 2018

Inaccuracies spreading about UN migration pact

Much criticism has been directed towards the UN’s new migration agreement. A lot of the criticism is inaccurate.

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27 April 2018

How immigration law changed for Commonwealth citizens

Theresa May, Diane Abbott and the Immigration Act 2014

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27 April 2018

What was known about Windrush in 2014?

In 2014, a report included stories from members of the Windrush generation facing difficulties proving their immigration status. We don’t know whether Theresa May saw it, but the Home Office did.

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17 April 2018

Windrush generation: what's the situation?

Around 60,000 people from the Windrush generation living in the UK in 2017 report not being a UK citizen. This doesn’t tell us how many may have faced recent immigration problems though.

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3 March 2017

How difficult is it for EU nationals to apply for residence rights in the UK?

Growing numbers of EU nationals have been applying for permanent residence status in the UK.

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2 November 2016

Limits on immigration detention

It's true that the UK is the only country in the EU without a specific time limit on how long someone can be held for immigration offences.

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