Gary Gibbon
Cameron back from the brink on Europe and immigration
The idea of an emergency brake on EU immigration remained in David Cameron’s speech until a few days ago. But at the last moment, the prime minister pulled back.
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Who are the modern slaves in Britain?
Britain could have four times as many slaves as previously thought, according to a new estimate from the Home Office.
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Gary Gibbon
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Will Cameron’s immigration proposals work?
Lukasz Szlek, who lives in Southampton, an area which has seen a big influx of EU immigrants, tells Economics Editor Paul Mason that David Cameron is to blame for anti-Polish rhetoric in the country.
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Are Cameron’s migrant benefits cuts really a game-changer?
David Cameron reveals his plans to stop EU migrants coming into the UK to claim benefits. But can he get other member states to agree? And are the proposals enough to bring down immigration numbers?
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Why is net migration rising?
New figures show 260,000 more people came into the UK than left in the year up to June 2014, shattering David Cameron’s pledge to reduce the numbers to under 100,000. So what is the problem?
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Home Office pulls the plug on terror ransoms
Theresa May reveals plans to banning UK insurance companies from funding ransom payments – but where will this leave Britons who work in hazardous places abroad?
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Sawhney: England ‘not being swamped by immigrants’
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.
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Theresa May: immigration target ‘unlikely to be met’
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.
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Kylie Morris
Free at last? Obama finally acts on US immigrants
Obama could have made his big move on immigration years ago, but now faces a tough fight with congress over who should be allowed to stay.
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FactCheck: confused about immigration? Read this
Do immigrants pay their way, or are they a drain on the economy? FactCheck looks at the latest evidence.
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Are newspapers misleading you over immigration?
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?
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FactCheck: have you been swamped by EU migrants?
Are there really towns that have been swamped by European migrants? Where are the hotspots? Is there pressure on jobs and housing?
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Matt Frei
Is UK letting migrants drown as they cross the Med?
The British government is committing one – yes, one – solitary “debriefer” to the Europe-wide effort to alleviate the worst refugee crisis in Europe since WWII.
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Simon Israel
The Gaza family caught in limbo
Ali Dalloul – who has a UK passport – was helped by the Foreign Office to get his family out of Gaza. But now the Home Office won’t let his Palestinian children into this country.
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‘It’s easy to blame Europe for everything’
Conservative eurosceptic MP Bernard Jenkin and Dutch MEP Sophie In’t Veld discuss the pros and cons of European Union migration.
