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Fact checks about immigration statistics, asylum seekers, border control and potential impacts on public services and opinions

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Immigration and integration

Fact checks related to the reporting of societal integration of immigrants to the UK

Immigration and jobs

Fact checks including the impact of immigration on the UK labour market, skills gaps and wages

Public opinion of immigration

Fact checks including the reporting of public attitudes towards immigration

Latest immigration fact checks

Government hasn’t introduced policy of ‘free bus fares for immigrants’
19 November 2024

A false claim circulating on social media says that the cap on bus fares has increased to £3 as a result of the policy.

Serco has not been instructed to ‘secure all’ empty rentals in UK to house ‘illegal immigrants’
15 November 2024

A post claiming this has been shared widely on Facebook.

‘Illegal immigrants’ do not get £175 every week on a prepaid card
30 October 2024

Thousands have shared a Facebook post falsely claiming “every illegal immigrant” receives a card preloaded weekly with £175, as well as free daily meals.

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Immigration statistics

Fact checks including the reporting of statistical immigration, migration and migrants

Asylum seekers and refugees

Fact checks about refugees and asylum seekers in the UK

Immigration and public services

Fact checks including the impact of immigration on health, legal and prison services in the UK

Costs and benefits

Fact checks about the economic impact on wages, house prices and health care created by immigration to the UK