Illegal migration has rarely been out of the headlines over the past few years, as tens of thousands of people have made their way to the UK on small boats.

Polls show the issue has steadily crept up the list of priorities for British voters, with more than half ranking it among their top three in YouGov’s most recent findings.

Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled her dramatic and ambitious plans for making the UK less appealing to illegal migrants.

They involve changing the law so the government can choose not to provide asylum support in certain circumstances, and making refugee status temporary.

With such a politically charged issue, it can be hard to sort fact from fiction.

Figures such as independent MP Rupert Lowe, formerly of Reform, have claimed illegal migrants

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