Claim: One million 'legal migrants' moved to Britain in 2020/21.
Fact-check: No evidence one million people legally moved to Britain in 2020/2021 - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no data to prove this claim. it relies on information about immigration from the previous year, and makes assumptions about the number of people who would migrate to britain over the course of 2020 and 2021—despite the pandemic.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-09-07T00:00:00