Immigration
Have 12,000 asylum seekers vanished in the UK?
Home Office data makes it unclear exactly what it means to have an asylum application “on hold”. Read
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Immigration
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
Does "uncontrolled mass migration" push down wages?
Immigration has a small impact on average wages, but affects particular types of workers such as low-wage workers, more significantly. Read
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Immigration
The Conservatives’ migration record
Net migration is the highest it has ever been. The greatest annual increase in the last 20 years was in 1998. Read
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Europe
How is the EU doing on refugee relocation?
The EU programme for relocating asylum seekers within Europe has seen 6,000 people move country in the past year. Read
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Europe
Can we be part of the single market and control immigration?
We don't know what the future arrangements for the UK will be as this will depend on the deal that is reached between the government and the EU. Read
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Immigration
Unaccompanied refugee children in Europe
How many unaccompanied children are in Europe and how many are claiming asylum here? Read
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Immigration
Counting the number of migrants in the Calais ‘jungle’
Officials and charities disagree over an extra 2,000 migrants in the Calais camp. We look at how both got their figures. Read
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Immigration
Where are the UK's refugees?
Reports that over 80% of councils have taken in no Syrian refugees under the main government resettlement programme are correct - up to a point. Read
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Refugees in Lebanon and the UK
Exact figures are hard to come by, but it seems correct to say that there are 10 times as many refugees in Lebanon as in the UK. Read
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Europe
7 July's BBC Question Time, factchecked
We've checked the panel's claims on the UK economy, immigration and wages, voting in the EU referendum and Labour party membership figures. Read
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