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Highly-skilled migrants told to leave UK under ‘hostile environment’ policy
It’s been estimated that a thousand highly-skilled migrants, among them doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs, have been told to leave the country under measures intended in part to expel terrorists and war criminals. In some cases migrants have found themselves with 14 days to leave the UK after making amendments to their tax returns. The campaign…
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FactCheck: how many migrant workers are dying in Qatar?
Thousands of migrant workers have reportedly lost their lives working on World-Cup related construction in Qatar. But Qatar says no one has died. Who’s right?
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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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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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FactCheck: Will migrants have to ‘speak English or lose benefits’?
No English, no benefits, today’s headlines would have us believe. But the truth about the latest crackdown on “benefit tourism” is not that simple.
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FactCheck: do immigrants pay their way?
Politicians like to climb onto the “benefits tourism” hobbyhorse from time to time. But does the evidence really show that people come to the UK for a life on benefits?
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FactCheck: Will the new immigration bill reduce illegal immigration?
Illegal migrants face a new crackdown in Britain says Home Secretary Theresa May, but will the new Immigration Bill actually reduce the number of migrants?
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FactCheck: are immigrants to blame for the A&E crisis?
A Conservative MP has suggested that mass immigration from eastern Europe has helped pile the pressure on accident and emergency wards. FactCheck sharpens its scalpel.
