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Tony Blair calls for tough new curbs on immigration
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a curb on immigration, allowing Britain to control the number of people entering the country without leaving the EU. But critics said his change of heart had come too late.
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Businesses alarmed by EU immigration proposals
Leaked documents revealing government plans for a tough new immigration regime after Brexit suggest all but the most highly-skilled EU workers would only be allowed to stay for two years, with possible quotas to follow. The proposals, which haven’t yet been officially approved, are already alarming business groups, who’ve described them as “catastrophic”.
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Home Office EU immigration proposals leaked
It’s official, sensitive, and now out in the open. A draft of the government’s plans for immigration from the European Union after Brexit has been leaked from the Home Office. The policies, which are still being argued about at the top of government, include quotas for low-skilled workers and telling companies they must employ resident…
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FactCheck Q&A: Has the migration crisis improved since the death of Alan Kurdi?
It has been two years since Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old boy from Syria, was found washed up on a beach in Turkey. Since then, has the migration crisis improved or changed? And how many more people have died? FactCheck looked at the figures.
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Net UK migration falls to lowest level in three years
It’s been dubbed the ‘Brexodus’ – thousands of EU nationals have left the UK since last year’s referendum. But that’s not the only reason that net migration into the country has fallen to its lowest level for three years. Figures based on actual exit checks show that contrary to previous estimates – tens of thousands…
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Net migration from the EU has dropped by 40% since last year
Net migration from the EU is down 40 per cent on last year. FactCheck looks at the figures.
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Sir Julian Brazier: former MP on immigration and housing
The state of housing – social and private – has become one of the most pressing issues of our times. And in the latest in our series on Britain’s housing crisis we go to Canterbury. For 99 years it was solid Conservative territory. And then in June, it elected a Labour MP. The defeated Tory,…
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Migration crisis: are we fuelling people smuggling?
The House of Lords says that far from deterring people smugglers, Europe’s naval operation in the Mediterranean has actually encouraged it, putting migrants in even more peril. Meanwhile, the Human Trafficking Foundation has condemned Britain for failing to protect unaccompanied children who end up in Europe, often falling victim to traffickers. Paraic O Brien reports…
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EU migration in five charts
What do we know about EU migrants living in the UK?
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May reaffirms immigration target
Theresa May said today that if she’s re-elected she expects to talk to the new French President about keeping British border controls in Calais. Mrs May also repeated the pledge that a Conservative government would cut net migration to the “tens of thousands”.
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Has Brexit affected immigration figures?
Net migration has dropped below three hundred thousand for the first time in two years. The new total of 273,000 is a fall of 49,000 from the previous year and a jump in the number of eastern Europeans leaving the country is partly responsible.
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FactCheck Q&A: why isn’t immigration falling more quickly?
Immigration has become one of the most contentious issues of our age. Despite pledges by successive incoming governments to reduce numbers of foreign nationals coming into Britain in recent years, no government has achieved anywhere near the figures they had promised. So why isn’t immigration falling more quickly?
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Trump ‘considering new executive order’ over immigration
Despite two court defeats – Donald Trump has vowed to continue the legal battle over his order banning travellers and refugees from seven mainly Muslim countries – suggesting he could sign a whole new executive order as early as Monday.
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Brexit: reducing net migration
Theresa May last night told EU leaders that she wants to reach a deal on the status of EU citizens living here in the UK early in the Brexit negotiations. One of the main issues up for discussion in any Brexit deal will be freedom of movement. David Cameron failed in his pledge to reduce…
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Immigration: The suburb in London dubbed ‘Little Romania’
Immigration has hit another new record. A total of 650 thousand people arrived in Britain in the year ending June the 30th. Even when those leaving the country were taken into account, the net migration figures were still at near-record levels. For the first time, Romanians were the biggest single group of new arrivals.
