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Immigration in NI: How many people are here seeking asylum?
17 June 2026
A horrific attack in North Belfast on 8 June has resulted in a charge of attempted murder for a Sudanese national. The incident received international
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Immigration in NI: Home Office response to FactCheckNI’s Freedom of Information Request
15 December 2025
In September, FactCheckNI published a fact check of claims made by DUP MLA Edwin Poots. Some aspects of this claim were rated as “unsubstantiated” due Articles
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Immigration in NI: Does Belfast have the second highest number of asylum seekers in the UK, and do almost a fifth of them live in BT12?
11 September 2025
***Update 12 December 2025: As detailed below, we made a Freedom of Information request to the Home Office regarding the aspect of this fact check
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Explainer: Who migrates to the UK and what are they entitled to?
9 July 2025
We were prompted to write this explainer after a viral video which featured a man at a demonstration in England making various claims, for example Articles
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Did the number of asylum applications in the UK peak in 2002?
28 June 2024
In their manifesto for the 2024 general election, the Alliance Party claimed: “The annual number of asylum applications to the UK peaked in 2002, and
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