Public opinion of immigration

Fact checks including the reporting of public attitudes towards immigration

15 December 2023

Being an immigrant doesn’t entitle you to get more money from the state than a pensioner

A Facebook post comparing what’s given to immigrants and British pensioners is missing important context.

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17 April 2018

Windrush generation: what's the situation?

Around 60,000 people from the Windrush generation living in the UK in 2017 report not being a UK citizen. This doesn’t tell us how many may have faced recent immigration problems though.

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20 October 2016

Hate crime and the EU referendum

After the referendum, there was a sharp increase in the number of hate crimes that were recorded by the police.

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10 December 2014

Public attitudes towards immigration

A quarter of people in Britain say that immigration is the single most important issue facing the country today, more than any other single issue.

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