Immigration
Too soon to say if EU referendum has led to genuine falls in immigration
You need to tread carefully when drawing conclusions about today's headlines. Read
Fact checks
Immigration statistics
Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants
Immigration
Net migration equals a city the size of Cardiff
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
Fact checks
Immigration
Net migration: still at record high and trend flat
Net migration estimates show a continuation of recent trends, with the change over last year almost five times smaller than the margin for error. Read
Analysis
Immigration
The government's immigration target: does EU immigration matter?
The Prime Minister claims that EU and British net migration was in balance as recently as 2008, but the figures themselves can't prove this. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
EU immigration to the UK
How many EU immigrants come to the UK, how many leave, and what effect has Brexit had? Read
Analysis
Immigration
EU immigration to the UK: what the National Insurance numbers reveal
A new analysis by statisticians tries to explain the gap between our immigration estimates and NI numbers issued to EU nationals. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
Can we trust our immigration figures?
We issue many more NI numbers to nationals from the rest of the EU than the number of EU nationals estimated to be immigrating here. We don't yet know why. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Would net migration fall by 100,000 if the UK left the EU?
There’s no way to know whether net migration would fall by 100,000 if the UK leaves the EU. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
Why do immigrants come to the UK?
This briefing looks at levels of migration to the UK, how the UK compares to other EU countries, and evidence on what factors drive immigration to the UK. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Why don't we know how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK?
Net migration last year was estimated at 298,000. We looked at why we don't know exactly how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK. Read
Analysis
