Blog posts tagged "Immigration"

May 3, 2012 8:47 pm 6 Comments

Playing down the meltdown at Heathrow's border control earlier this week, Damian Green told MPs: "I stress to the House that our information shows that queuing times bore no resemblance to some of the wilder suggestions." But with these "wilder suggestions" coming from the airlines and passengers themselves, it's little wonder that British Airways' chief executive Willie Walsh accused the minister was "misleading" the public over the extent of waiting times at passport control. Mr Walsh told Channel 4 News: "I think he was certainly misleading when he told people that the maximum queue was 90 minutes when we know it went well beyond that – and not just on one occasion." Who's right? FactCheck jets in.

April 27, 2012 5:16 pm 20 Comments

Is UKIP's Nigel Farage right about immigrants snapping up all the social housing? "All you have to do now if you come from Eastern Europe, all you have to do is to get a national insurance number - which you can get easily within a fortnight - and then you qualify automatically for social housing," he said. FactCheck investigates.

January 20, 2012 6:41 pm 9 Comments

"Some of the 371,000 might have made substantial contributions to the exchequer through tax and National Insurance deductions for many years, and only claimed benefits for a short time."

November 15, 2011 4:52 pm 11 Comments

"Mr Clark told MPs that there were more than 50 occasions between May and July when fingerprint checking of non-EU nationals with visas was abandoned at Heathrow Airport. And Warnings Index checks for adults were suspended at Calais more than 100 times, MPs were told. The reason given for both of these situations was Mrs May's old friend 'elf and safety."

June 2, 2011 6:29 pm 4 Comments

The Home Affairs Select Committee has accused the Government of operating a de facto amnesty for asylum seekers whose cases have not yet been dealt with. FactCheck investigates...

April 14, 2011 6:39 pm 2 Comments

It's the issue that's threatening to split the Coalition down the middle. But does David Cameron have a hope of hitting his targets on immigration?

December 31, 2010 10:00 am 12 Comments

Ten of the dodgiest and daftest political utterances of the year - as debunked by Channel 4 News FactCheck with Cathy Newman.

November 30, 2010 12:28 pm 1 Comment

The Office for Budget Responsibility report yesterday raised more questions about how effective the cap on skilled and highly skilled workers, announced by the government last week, will actually be.

November 5, 2010 5:41 pm 6 Comments

FactCheck analyses the Government's decision to exclude "intra-company transfers" from its annual migration cap.

August 5, 2010 5:45 pm 7 Comments

Cathy Newman's FactCheck analyses David Cameron's claims in Brighton about whether Iran has a nuclear weapon and cost of appealing a visa application.