EU immigration

Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this

11 September 2024

Miscaptioned video showing ‘Muslim immigrants’ attack in France performed by stunt group

A video is being shared with misleading captions claiming it depicts a real attack, when it was a choreographed scene.

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21 February 2020

You can have freedom of movement outside the EU if you’re in the single market

Norway and some other countries follow the free movement rules of the single market without being EU members.

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18 March 2019

EU immigration to the UK

How many EU immigrants come to the UK, how many leave, and what effect has Brexit had?

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13 February 2019

Here’s why Migration Watch got their study on post-Brexit immigration wrong

Migration Watch has withdrawn a study into post-Brexit immigration levels due to accuracy concerns.

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28 November 2018

What does the latest Brexit deal mean for immigration?

If parliament approves the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the UK and EU, the plan is for free movement of people between the UK and EU to end in 2021.

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2 July 2018

Who can stay in the UK after Brexit?

The government plans to allow citizens of other EU countries and family members to apply for settled status after Brexit. This gives them the same rights to live and work in the UK as they have now.

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12 April 2018

UK citizens getting citizenship of another EU country

Between 2015 and 2016, the number of UK citizens being granted citizenship of another EU country more than doubled.

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12 April 2018

The Irish border and Brexit

Nobody can say for sure what will happen to the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland when Brexit happens.

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1 February 2018

Brits abroad: how many people from the UK live in other EU countries?

Around 1.3 million British-born people live in other EU countries, according to United Nations figures.

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19 January 2018

How much is the UK spending on security at Calais?

The UK and France have cooperated on border controls around French ports for years. How much do we spend on doing so?

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