Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
There were 164,000 attempts to cross into the UK made between 2010 and 2015, although these figures don’t correspond to individual people. Read
Immigration
Citizens of other countries make up a declining share of the prison population. Read
Immigration
Linking general statistics on age disputes to the situation of young people arriving from Calais isn't necessarily fair. Read
Crime
After the referendum, there was a sharp increase in the number of hate crimes that were recorded by the police. Read
Immigration
Immigration has repeatedly been highlighted as the top issue facing the UK in recent years. Read
Europe
Voters have expressed mixed opinions to pollsters on whether they’d prefer a more economically risky ‘hard Brexit’. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives did seem to suggest publishing the percentage of foreign workers at different companies, although they’ve now ruled that out. Read
Immigration
A majority of recently accepted refugees in the EU are Syrian, although they’re not the majority of those applying for refugee status or entering the EU. Read
Immigration
Net migration in the UK was 327,000 in the year to March, roughly a city the size of Cardiff or Wakefield. It’s not at this level every year, but has been since 2015. Read
