EU immigration – Full Fact

29 April 2016

Europe

28 April's BBC Question Time, factchecked

By Full Fact Team • 5 mins

We've factchecked the Question Time panel's claims about EU trade, immigration, benefits for EU immigrants and our EU membership fee. Read

Fact checks

20 April 2016

Education

EU immigration, housing and schools: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked

By Full Fact Team • 4 mins

We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on academies, school spending, EU immigration and housing in London. Read

Fact checks

14 April 2016

Europe

14 April's BBC Question Time, factchecked

By Full Fact Team • 4 mins

We've factchecked the Question Time panel's claims about the tax gap, and the impact of leaving the EU on the UK's economy and borders. Read

Fact checks

14 April 2016

Europe

EU facts behind the claims: immigration

By UK in a Changing Europe Fellows and Full Fact team • 4 mins

In partnership with experts at the UK in a Changing Europe project, we've taken a look at the facts behind the claims on EU immigration. Read

Fact checks

6 April 2016

Immigration

Did 1.8 million migrants enter the EU illegally last year?

By Joseph O’Leary • 2 mins

1.8 million illegal border crossings into the EU were detected by member states in 2015. This isn’t the same as 1.8 million migrants. Read

Fact checks

29 March 2016

Europe

Brits abroad: how many people from the UK live in other EU countries?

By Joseph O’Leary • 3 mins

Around 1.3 million British-born people live in other EU countries, according to United Nations figures. Read

Analysis

7 March 2016

Immigration

Can we trust our immigration figures?

By Joseph O’Leary • 6 mins

We issue many more NI numbers to nationals from the rest of the EU than the number of EU nationals estimated to be immigrating here. We don't yet know why. Read

Analysis

4 March 2016

Immigration

Is EU immigration to blame for missing the net migration target?

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

Net migration from other EU countries isn't the only reason the government hasn't met its net migration target. Read

Fact checks

22 February 2016

Europe

Explaining the EU deal: the ‘emergency brake’

By Eleanor Spaventa, Professor of European Law, Durham University • 4 mins

Professor Eleanor Spaventa explains the 'emergency brake' idea. It would allow any member country to limit access to in-work benefits for new EU immigrants. Read

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22 February 2016

Europe

Explaining the EU deal: deporting EU immigrants

By Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law, University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe • 4 mins

European Union member countries will find it easier to deport EU immigrants under the renegotiation deal, says Professor Catherine Barnard. Read

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