The Ultimate Migration Facts Cheatsheet

0.7%
of the UK population are refugees.
Claims that we're being "overrun" are fear-mongering. Public services are stretched because of decades of underfunding, not migration.

£3.3 BILLON
This is how much migration brings to UK public finances each year.
Migrants contribute in so many ways, from paying BILLION taxes to bringing diverse skills and setting up new businesses.

1 IN 6.
People arriving to the UK by small boats is a child.
They're the most vulnerable to conflict and trafficking yet some politicians want to turn them away. This doesn't make any of us safer.

LESS THAN 5%
of all migration to the UK is by small boats.
Some politicians and media deliberately distort the proportion of these journeys to stir up fear and hostility

92%
of those applying for refugee family reunion are women and children.
They're the ones hit hardest by the lack of safe routes.

1 IN 5
NHS workers is a migrant.
Migrants aren't the ones causing the NHS crisis - they're helping keep our hospitals, care homes, and GP surgeries running.

SOURCES

ICRC, Refugee stats and statistics, 2024
CEBR, 'Immigration is estimated to vield €3.3 billion annually for public finances (.) 2023
Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2025
Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2025
Immigration system statistics,year ending June 2025
NHS Data in the Guardian (Record one in five NHS staff in England are non-UK nationals)

LINK

Safe Passage: www.safepassage.org.uk/