Immigration
Asylum seekers received support prior to court case involving Keir Starmer
Claims about a case Mr Starmer worked on when he was a barrister have recirculated online. Read
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Immigration
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about immigration, asylum and migration
Immigration
Has Labour carried out ‘record deportations’?
We’ve looked at the figures after Labour MP Mike Tapp claimed the government has carried out “record deportations”. Read
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Immigration
What is the cost of the UK’s Afghan resettlement schemes?
The government has said a resettlement scheme designed for some of those impacted by a data breach will cost £800-£850 million. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Not all immigration removals count as ‘deportations’
The defence secretary has again made an error in referring to the government’s record on immigration returns, as has a post on Facebook. Read
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Immigration
Are ‘Channel migrants’ 24 times more likely to go to prison than British citizens?
The Conservatives haven’t fully explained the calculations behind this claim, but based on the details reported it is not reliable. Read
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Immigration
Video shows scenes in a cemetery in Belgium, not Ireland
A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was actually taken at a multifaith cemetery in Brussels. Read
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Immigration
Viral video does not show migrants at the beach in Dover
A widely shared clip which contains a voiceover of someone claiming people on a beach are asylum seekers at Dover is misleading. Read
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Immigration
Was Sadiq Khan’s claim about migrant and UK-born workers’ contributions to the economy accurate?
In an interview last month the Mayor of London claimed on average a “skilled migrant” contributes £16,000 a year to the economy, and a “Brit skilled worker” £800 a year. Read
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Politics
BBC corrects Today programme net migration claim following Full Fact intervention
The BBC has corrected a claim about projected net migration made on Radio 4's Today programme following a request by Full Fact. Read
Analysis
Politics
Has this Labour government ‘allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history’?
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice hasn’t explained what this claim was based on, but neither we nor the Migration Observatory have seen data to support it. Read
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