Immigration
Too soon to say if EU referendum has led to genuine falls in immigration
You need to tread carefully when drawing conclusions about today's headlines. Read
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Immigration statistics
Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants
Immigration
Net migration equals a city the size of Cardiff
Net migration in the UK was 327,000 in the year to March, roughly a city the size of Cardiff or Wakefield. It’s not at this level every year, but has been since 2015. Read
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Immigration
The government's immigration target: does EU immigration matter?
The Prime Minister claims that EU and British net migration was in balance as recently as 2008, but the figures themselves can't prove this. Read
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Immigration
EU immigration to the UK: what the National Insurance numbers reveal
A new analysis by statisticians tries to explain the gap between our immigration estimates and NI numbers issued to EU nationals. Read
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Immigration
Would net migration fall by 100,000 if the UK left the EU?
There’s no way to know whether net migration would fall by 100,000 if the UK leaves the EU. Read
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