Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants
Immigration
A graph published by the Telegraph misses hundreds of thousands of people who moved to the UK to live, study and work in 2021. Read
Immigration
The Mail on Sunday recently published an article stating that four in 10 people crossing the Channel in small boats are from Albania. Read
Immigration
Research indicates that the majority of people crossing the Channel go on to be granted asylum, but the full picture is not covered by official statistics. Read
Immigration
Including children born to immigrants, this seems broadly correct for the period 2001-2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
About 775,000 children were born in the UK in 2016, 210,000 to non-UK born mothers. Net migration was at around 245,000 in the year to September 2017. Read
Immigration
In 2014, a report included stories from members of the Windrush generation facing difficulties proving their immigration status. We don’t know whether Theresa May saw it, but the Home Office did. Read
Immigration
Governments since 2010 have set a target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, and this target has never been met. Read
Immigration
There aren’t official figures to prove how many international students return home after their studies, and the available evidence which might give an indication is contradictory. Read
Immigration
We've factchecked claims from Theresa May's speech at the Conservative party manifesto launch. Read
Immigration
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
