Immigration
Conservative Manifesto: Immigration trends
We've factchecked claims from Theresa May's speech at the Conservative party manifesto launch. Read
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Immigration
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
What’s happened to migration since 2010?
The Conservative manifesto restated the government's commitment to get net migration down to the tens of thousands. But what's been happening to net migration in recent years? Read
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Immigration
Are one in nine UK workers migrants?
About one in nine were foreign nationals in 2016. About one in six were born outside the UK. Read
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Immigration
Refugees in the UK
How many refugees and asylum seekers are there in the United Kingdom? Read
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Immigration
How difficult is it for EU nationals to apply for residence rights in the UK?
Growing numbers of EU nationals have been applying for permanent residence status in the UK. Read
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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
Reports on employment figures are accurate, but not the whole picture
There’s a lot of uncertainty, and you can tell different stories about ‘foreign’ workers depending on how you define them. Read
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Immigration
The Dubs Amendment: 3,000 refugee children?
The government never officially said that 3,000 child refugees would be accepted under the Dubs Amendment, although some campaigners say they expected that many to arrive. Read
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The UK, the USA, and Syrian refugees
We’ve looked into Jeremy Corbyn’s and Theresa May’s claims on the government response to the recent US order on refugees, and to the wider Syrian crisis. Read
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Immigration
How many people overstay their visas?
We can't find a record of the Brexit Secretary saying this, as has been claimed - but whether he made this claim or not, it's true. Read
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