Immigration Nation

Despite a Tory pledge to bring net migration to the UK down to 100,000, new figures show it has reached record levels.

Ukip says rescuing migrants off Europe “may actually be making matters worse”, while the Tories want to “dissuade migrants from making these perilous and illegal journeys in the first place”.

Serious incidents of self-harm at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre almost quadruple since 2012, Channel 4 News can reveal.

Detainees inside Britain’s largest immigration removal centre say they have launched a hunger strike after a weekend of protests against conditions inside the complex.

On Monday Channel 4 News revealed shocking footage from inside the Yarl’s Wood immigration centre. Now we have obtained video from inside the UKs biggest detention facility. Here’s what it shows.

Special feature: Channel 4 News goes undercover in Yarl’s Wood to reveal, for the first time, what life is like inside the UK’s notorious immigration removal centre.

The treatment of detainees inside the notorious Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre is revealed in exclusive footage obtained by a Channel 4 News investigation.

The outcome of the general election could be affected by the votes of foreign-born residents in key seats across the country, with almost 4m migrants eligible to vote, says a new study.

Figures released under the freedom of information act have revealed that border forces detected almost 12,000 attempts in the four months from the beginning of April to the end of July.

It began the year as a relatively quiet issue. Then along came the Ukip surge, a shock European election and two Conservative defections. Here we look back at the last 12 months of immigration.

Immigrants bound for Europe on perilous routes “are taking the risk because they feel like they have no choice”, says Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party.

Britain could have four times as many slaves as previously thought, according to a new estimate from the Home Office.

Musician Nitin Sawhney, born in Rochester where Ukip recently won their second by-election, tells Jackie Long England is not being “swamped” and that there is a “net benefit” to immigration.

The home secretary admits the government is unlikely to meet its pledge to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands” by the general election.

Depending on where you get your news, you might think immigrants have contributed £20bn to the UK economy – or cost it £120bn. Somebody, somewhere, must be lying. Right?