Immigration statistics

9 March 2026

Appears on track

Government Tracker

Is the government on track to reduce net migration?

By Joshua Salisbury and Hannah Smith • 3 mins

Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s manifesto pledge to reduce net migration. Read

Gov Tracker

5 June 2025

Politics

BBC corrects Today programme net migration claim following Full Fact intervention

By Kevin Armstrong • 1 min

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

21 May 2025

Politics

Corrections secured, but more needed - if politicians don’t set the record straight, we will

By Kevin Armstrong • 3 mins

Find out who has and hasn't corrected in the last week, and see what Full Fact is now doing to get more politicians to set the record straight. Read

Comment

20 May 2025

Immigration

Migration misconceptions: what to watch out for as immigration tops the news agenda

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

Ahead of the publication of new net migration statistics this week, here are some key points to bear in mind. Read

Comment

18 September 2024

Immigration

There aren’t 1.6 million asylum seekers claiming benefits in the UK

By Charlotte Green • 4 mins

A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”. Read

Fact checks

19 June 2024

Immigration

ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’

By Jess Hacker • 2 mins

The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read

Fact checks

3 June 2024

Immigration

It’s not true that more migrants arrived in the UK in two years than between 1066 and 2010

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

A graphic shared by Reform UK leader Richard Tice claims Rishi Sunak “welcomed more migrants in just two years” than in the 944 years prior to 2010. Read

Fact checks

24 May 2024

Politics

Net migration decreased last year, but remains higher than at the start of this Parliament

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday Rishi Sunak claimed: “Since I became Prime Minister, net migration has fallen by 10%.” A ‘community note’ (which Twitter describes as “empowering … Read

Analysis

21 December 2023

List of claims about Muslims in Britain reappears on social media

By Hannah Smith • 5 mins

A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced. Read

Fact checks

25 October 2023

Immigration

How does the number of migrant returns compare to the past?

By Hannah Smith • 3 mins

The number of people being returned from the UK, including asylum seekers, foreign national offenders and others, is up since 2020, but is relatively low compared to earlier years. Read

Fact checks