Rob England

Data Journalist 📈 BBC Verify 🟩🟦, @BBCNews. DMs open or contact: [email protected]

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@campbellclaret https://t.co/1iMwst5Dv8

Hi Alastair, this was published 13 hours ago. Also on the news at 22:00

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With the latest flu data for the UK out today, you can use our postcode lookup 🔎tool to check how it’s affecting your area this winter 📊 https://t.co/wSPuFCL9R2

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BBC Verify has launched its migration tracker, bringing together the latest data on immigration, emigration, asylum, small boats, visas and returns.

You can use it to explore different aspects of migration to the UK, and how it all fits together: https://t.co/mpkI9h98jw

[Migration Observatory @MigObs]

Important new report out today: Top Ten Problems in the Evidence Base for Public Debate and Policy-Making on Immigration in the UK in 2025 https://t.co/Mw9QNeFAmW

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Is the government meeting its pledges on illegal migration and asylum? https://t.co/YnFaeDzjH9

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New figures from the Home Office suggest asylum hotel costs came down in the year to March. More here ⬇️ https://t.co/QeOqPXImAl

[Migration Observatory @MigObs]

Our Director @M_Sumption on Today Programme this morning talking about why the care visa has been so difficult to manage

Full interview 00:50 minutes into the programme, link in the reply

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You can see how your local MP voted on the recent welfare reform changes with our handy lookup tool 🔎 https://t.co/ytRuQXpzEv

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'Taxi boats' pick up migrants in waist-deep water as Channel smugglers switch tactics https://t.co/b5U9cN9uIm

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The UK asylum appeals backlog hit a new record high in March 2025. There’s 88% more cases in the system than last year.

The government has pledged to clear it as part of its plans to fix the asylum system.

More here on BBC Verify’s live page ➡️ https://t.co/6owi6lJS2M

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The government are packing more people into asylum hotel rooms to save money.

It’s driving down the cost per night - falling from £162 in March 2023 to £118 in January this year.

We confirmed the shift via FOI data.
➡️https://t.co/3qgqfw2Lys

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Ros Atkins’ take on the White House claims against the BBC https://t.co/1gohw3ImWQ

[Migration Observatory @MigObs]

⁦Our senior researcher @P_W_Walsh was speaking to Naga Munchetty about the relationship (or lack of it, long term) between small boat arrivals and ⁩the weather.

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Today we’re looking at the latest government figures on how weather has affected small boat crossings to the UK.

New figures suggest a recent rise in the number of days where crossings were likely, more here: https://t.co/2arcrdH2Sz

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Heading back to the UK after my first dataharvest! I’m coming back with lots of story ideas, useful tools and new connections. Thanks to @journalismarena for organising an amazing #EIJC25 in Mechelen 🙏 and to everyone who came to my talk on irregular migration to the EU!

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Net migration halved in 2024 to 431,000, ONS says https://t.co/z74DLhCpqs

[Migration Observatory @MigObs]

What sort of impact will the record fall in net migration have on the UK economy? Maybe less than you expect... Read about it in our press release about today's @ONS statistics https://t.co/HC9mJ6Pojd

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Most immigration to the UK happens legally, but the government has made pledges to tackle illegal immigration and fix the asylum system.

We’ll be tracking their progress: ⬇️ https://t.co/mVyWqdHKDU

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Had a great time earlier this week discussing small boat crossings at #ddjuk25 at @MyBCU. Thanks to the BBC’s Shared Data Unit and @paulbradshaw for having me. Looking forward to @DataharvestEIJC next week, where I’ll be talking about sea arrivals to the EU.