Immigration
Ask Full Fact: how many refugees are in the UK population?
A Facebook graphic is broadly right that refugees are a small proportion of the UK population. Read
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Conor James McKinney
Education
How much money do British universities get from the EU?
British universities don't get a straightforward 15% 'top-up' from the EU on central government funding. Read
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Far fewer social welfare cases get legal aid
Figures given to the Labour conference are right: in 2009/10, the legal aid scheme funded advice in 460,000 social welfare cases. In 2013/14 it was 53,000. Read
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Human rights and the age of consent
As a Liberal Democrat MP claims, a case at the European Court of Human Rights was responsible for a change to the age of consent for gay people. Read
Analysis
Counting the cost of human rights law
Be wary of any attempt to tell you what human rights laws and court rulings 'cost' the government or the economy in the UK. The question has no easy answer. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are more people self-employed?
Jeremy Corbyn has claimed at Labour's annual conference that self-employed people make up one in seven of the labour force. We investigate. Read
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Europe
Partner visas and the EU
Difficulties getting a visa for a spouse aren't directly caused by the EU; they reflect government policy on immigration, which EU migration affects. Read
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Europe
The Sun, the OECD and asylum seekers
The Sun quotes the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as saying that many migrants aren't fleeing war zones. Here's what else the OECD said. Read
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Europe
Are only one in five asylum seekers Syrian?
The Mail claims that 1 in 5 asylum seekers have been Syrian. The Guardian says there is evidence that's changing as the situation develops. Both are right. Read
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Immigration
Ask Full Fact: are asylum seekers mostly men?
Readers have asked us whether it's true that most refugees are male. Of those applying for asylum in the EU recently, more than half have been men aged over 18. Read
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