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He called Mexicans “rapists and drug dealers” and threatened to send 11 million undocumented migrants home. Few policies have been as contentious as Donald Trump’s plans to deal with immigration, especially that of Hispanic migrants. They react to his election here.
Michael Gove promised again today to introduce an Australian-style points system to control immigration numbers if he becomes Prime Minister. But is Australia really the best place on which to model an immigration policy? Immigration has become a key issue in this weekend’s general election. And its treatment of asylum seekers arriving by boat has…
Boris admits he hasn’t read a study he quotes to attack the EU on immigration and wages. But could he have a point anyway?
Claims about EU migration are coming thick and fast. Here’s what you need to know…
If you want net migration to come down how on earth do you do it? The talk of relaxing non-EU migration and tightening EU migration post-Brexit begs a lot of questions. Non-EU migration is itself above the 100,000 cap that David Cameron promised and which, you might think, for those most concerned about migration, is…
Gary Gibbon
In Michael Gove, the Leave team have a joint convenor and leading voice who has never been comfortable with the Theresa May line on immigration.
A report out today accuses Health ministers and NHS chiefs of fuelling migration numbers by employing nurses on the cheap from outside the EU to meet annual shortages.
New figures show the scale of the migration surge facing the European Union, with asylum seeker numbers reaching a record high.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron says he is confident that his temporary emergency brake on in-work benefits will reduce net migration.
Home Secretary Theresa May tells the Conservative party conference that high levels of immigration make it “impossible to build a cohesive society”.
In a letter made available to Channel 4 News the foreign secretary warns David Cameron that including students in net migration figures causes “immense damage” to Britain.
Is this really the biggest refugee crisis since 1945? What are the facts behind the headlines?
The Home Secretary Theresa May says the system of free movement in Europe needs changing, and migrants should only cross borders into a new country if they have a job waiting for them there.
Record levels of net migration are “deeply disappointing”, the government says. Nigel Farage thinks the real figures could be even higher. Is he right?
Despite a Tory pledge to bring net migration to the UK down to 100,000, new figures show it has reached record levels.