Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this
Immigration
Full Fact appeared on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show today to talk about the numbers behind David Cameron's immigration speech. The Prime Minister wants EU migrants to wait four … Read
Europe
"BRITISH taxpayers are giving more than £30million a year in Child Benefit to families in other EU countries." Daily Express, 28 May 2014 "Child benefit worth £30million paid by Britain … Read
Europe
Two sets of figures released today have reignited the debate about European immigration. But neither necessarily tells us much about the impact that lifting transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian immigration had on the numbers arriving in this country. Read
Europe
UKIP's 2014 European elections posters were described by some as "inaccurate". So do the claims made by the party add up? Read
Europe
With Europe and welfare reform both topics at the top of the political agenda at the moment, Chancellor George Osborne used his speech to Open Europe this week to claim that European countries "can't go on" spending the amounts they do on social protection. Read
Europe
The Bulgarian ambassador was quoted today as claiming that the wave of migrants that some expect to come from his country to the UK after restrictions on working rights are lifted in January might not materialise, as those restrictions have had little effect. Read
Europe
With Romanians and Bulgarians due to gain full working rights in the UK in a little over two months, several papers have suggested crime will accompany a "wave" of immigration. What is the basis for this? Read
Europe
Last week it was reported that there are more Britons claiming benefits in Spain than there are EU nationals claiming benefits in the UK. The government has said there are legitimate concerns about welfare tourism, and migrants from the European Union coming here to claim. But is this particular comparison an accurate one? Read
Europe
A leaked European Commission report was at the centre of a media storm this weekend, with the Sunday Telegraph claiming that it revealed the "true scale of European immigration". Now that the report has been made public, what can we conclude from it? Read
Europe
David Cameron says that a future Conservative government would seek to restrict the benefits available to EU migrants. Meanwhile the Daily Telegraph suggested that Eastern Europeans have become an increasingly heavy burden on the taxpayer. Is this the case? Read
