Migration Watchdog
Migration Watchdog is an independent watchdog on illegal and irregular immigration to the UK: small-boat arrivals, the asylum backlog, hotels and costs, foreign national offenders and returns, integration evidence, and asylum accommodation by local authority.
Illegal immigration to the UK, measured
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What is Migration Watchdog?
Every statistic carries its official source, the period it covers and the date it was retrieved, and readers are asked to cite the underlying official source rather than the site. It is explicit about the limits of its own data — weekly small-boat figures are provisional Home Office operational data while the quarterly illegal entry statistics are the authoritative series, prison nationality is not immigration status, and census context is England and Wales as at March 2021. It publishes a corrections log and a page setting out what it deliberately does not claim, and states that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Migration Watch UK or any similarly named organisation.
Key facts
- Category
- Legal/Civic
- Languages
- English
- Measured size
- 414+ pages
- Website
- migrationwatchdog.com
Page count has not changed: 414 pages measured, 30 Sep to 10 Oct
What's Inside
- Illegal arrivals — small boat Channel crossings
- The asylum system — claims, backlog, outcomes, support
- What the asylum system costs the taxpayer
- Foreign national offenders and deportations
- Integration and culture — the official evidence
- Asylum accommodation by local authority
- Cleaned CSV and JSON downloads
- Corrections log and an explicit limits page
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Who Is This For?
UK law, US federal & state law, citizenship and immigration, police and civil rights — accessible legal intelligence for people who need to understand their rights.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Migration Watchdog?
Migration Watchdog is an independent watchdog on illegal and irregular immigration to the UK: small-boat arrivals, the asylum backlog, hotels and costs, foreign national offenders and returns, integration evidence, and asylum accommodation by local authority.
What languages does Migration Watchdog support?
Migration Watchdog is available in English.
Who runs Migration Watchdog?
Migration Watchdog is part of the Tonvin Collection, a family of expert knowledge websites.
Details
- Website
- migrationwatchdog.com
- Category
- Legal/Civic
- Languages
- English
- Pages
- 414+
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