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Brexit policy and migrant crime rates

The impact of the 2020 Brexit policy on migrant crime rates in the UK, with mixed signals and competing claims

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Feb 1, 2026
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How many illegal immigrants have killed in the UK from 2000

There is no authoritative, publicly available count of either (a) how many people without legal immigration status have been killed in the since 2000, or (b) how many killings have been carried out by...

Jan 27, 2026
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How do age and socio-economic factors change comparisons of crime rates between migrants and UK-born people?

When raw arrest, conviction or prison-population figures are compared, migrants and non-citizens in the can appear overrepresented — but much of that apparent gap is explained by age and socio‑economi...

Jan 13, 2026
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How did Nigel Farage's claims about UK sovereignty and legal powers deviate from reality?

Nigel Farage has repeatedly framed policy moves toward the EU as a surrender of UK sovereignty — telling voters that deals or “resets” with Brussels hand power to “unelected EU bureaucrats” and strip ...

Feb 2, 2026

What evidence exists on crime patterns among asylum seekers versus economic migrants in the UK?

Academic analyses of large migrant waves in the find a consistent pattern: have been associated in some studies with modest rises in property or economic crime, while labour migrants (notably ) have b...

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