Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants
Immigration
A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”. Read
Immigration
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
Immigration
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
A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced. Read
Immigration
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
Immigration
Reform UK party leader Richard Tice wrongly claimed in a social media post that 50% of children seeking asylum were found to be adults. Read
Immigration
The home secretary told Parliament the current backlog bears “no comparison” to the situation in 2010, and that Labour would be “found wanting” in any comparison. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister said there were 6,000 fewer people in the “asylum backlog”—but the latest published figures show a large rise in the number of people waiting for applications to be resolved. Read
Immigration
Robert Jenrick’s claim that up to 20% of adult men arriving at an asylum processing centre say they’re under 18 has prompted new questions about the Home Office’s use of statistics. Read
Immigration
The figure has been used by Priti Patel in Parliament and a number of times in the media, but it isn’t yet supported by published government statistics. Read
