Immigration Nation

The British equality watchdog says it will investigate controversial Home Office tactics to tackle illegal immigration – including a “go home” poster campaign and police “stop and checks”.

The new minimum income threshold of £18,600 has forced separation between thousands of British citizens and their families, says a cross-party group of MPs, which is calling for an urgent review.

Millionaire migrants are increasingly investing in the UK, from buying penthouses to building businesses, showing another side to immigration.

ITN reporters in the 1960s quiz newly arrived immigrants on why they have moved to the UK – as well as asking those leaving these shores about their motivation.

Politicians often blame immigrants for not doing enough to integrate into society. But do they know what integration means? Jamal Osman shares his experience of moving to London from Somalia.

The warnings over immigration shares many of the themes previously aired in the 1970s. Channel 4 News’s Darshna Soni describes one city’s experience of a previous wave of immigrants.

The Conservative party, past and present, has often seemed bitterly divided about European integration, the threat of open national borders and the free movement of people throughout the EU.

Two years after Prime Minister David Cameron first set out his position on immigration, Channel 4 News asks four newcomers to Britain how life has changed for them.

Around 20 per cent of Southampton’s residents were born abroad – making it a perfect place to gauge the pros and cons of being an immigration nation.

In 1972, Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s Asians, many of whom were British citizens and settled in the UK. At the time, ITN visited Leicester to find out how immigrants were coping.

From 2014, Bulgarians and Romanians coming here will be subject to the same rules as other European nationals. Alison Harvey explains the complicated benefits system for people entering the UK.

Net migration into the UK was around 2 million in the decade up to 2012, but a large number were students. Our graphic shows the ebb and flow of movement in and out of the UK since 2003.

Channel 4 News takes Nigel Farage, the outspoken leader of Ukip, on a trip to Bulgaria to find out if his fears about an influx of immigrants when EU restrictions are lifted, are warranted.

The political sabre-rattling, rarely subdued, has been particularly shrill of late. Andy Davies introduces our series on how Britain is responding to the challenge of immigration.

A path to citizenship at last? As Channel 4 News launches its series on immigration – America’s 11 million undocumented migrants hope they will finally get legal status.