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2024-08-08 11:31:12 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This contains a misleading figure that misrepresents immigration to the UK. There are between 800,000 - 1.2 million undocumented migrants in the UK. There are 10,388,000 people in England and Wales (documented) who were not born in the UK- 14.8% of the total UK population. https://jcwi.org.uk/resource/who-are-the-uks-undocumented-population/ https://iasservices.org.uk/how-many-immigrants-are-in-the-uk/#:~:text=As%20of%20the%20year%20ending,of%20the%20total%20UK%20population.

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• This contains a misleading figure that misrepresents immigration to the UK. There are between 800,000 - 1.2 million undocumented migrants in the UK. There are 10,388,000 people in England and Wales (documented) who were not born in the UK- 14.8% of the total UK population. https://jcwi.org.uk/resource/who-are-the-uks-undocumented-population/ https://iasservices.org.uk/how-many-immigrants-are-in-the-uk/#:~:text=As%20of%20the%20year%20ending,of%20the%20total%20UK%20population.