Migration Trends

The fact that we lost control of asylum numbers 20 years ago is no good reason for repeating the experience

Now judges make it even harder to tackle people smuggling

Surging illegal boat crossings drive record spike in asylum age fraud

Asylum abuse by adults pretending to be children

What is the standard of proof required in asylum claims?

Housing asylum claimants in hotels costs £70 million per year (or more)

How many taxpayer-funded mobile phones have been given to illegal immigrants?

Channel crossings are a scandal but illegal entries via all routes are rising fast

Health tourism – Key points

What is the evidence of asylum fraud?

Britain can’t afford to fly blind on immigration

Net immigration in year to June 2020 estimated to be 247,000 (says Office for National Statistics)

24,000 people illegally crossed the Channel this year but just five have been returned

What do the public think about illegal Channel crossings?

Home Secretary dodges question of whether immigration will go up or down

UK’s eight million population rise drives congestion, gridlock and declining quality of life