Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
Today's Daily Express explores an idea floated by Conservative MP Stewart Jackson to "take back control of our borders" which he claims would allow border staff to turn away more … Read
Immigration
The Daily Star today reported that the UK is spending £36 million per year on Child Benefit for children living elsewhere in the EU. Where is this number from and does it stand up? Read
Immigration
Population in England and Wales has risen by 1,000 every day, the fastest rise in 100 years. Read
Immigration
House of Commons Committee Room 8 was abuzz with revelations after the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), Rob Whiteman, gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee … Read
Crime
The Mail welcomed the new Justice Secretary to his post by highlighting the number of foreigners languishing in prisons across England and Wales. Is this what the figures show? Read
Immigration
Today the Daily Mail claimed that the UK is experiencing an influx of immigrants that hasn't been rivalled in the last millennium. What does the data tell us? Read
Immigration
The ongoing war of words over whether the number of international students coming into the UK should be capped has churned out yet more contradicting statistics, this time from NUS and Migration Watch UK. Whose are right? Read
Immigration
A piece in the Telegraph this morning bemoaned the state of the British job market; pointing out that since the election foreign-born workers have found work at a rate of 500 people per day; twice that of the British. Can this be true? Read
Immigration
In an interview with Sky over the weekend, General Secretary of the PCS Union, Mark Serwotka, stated that one of the reasons for the upcoming strike by UK Border Agency staff was that the government was reducing staffing by 22%. Is this figure correct? Read
Immigration
The Financial Times and the Guardian both reported yesterday that "the population of England and Wales grew over the past decade at its fastest rate in 100 years." Meanwhile the … Read
