Immigration
290 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“East Africa produces the least number of immigrants as compared to other regioons based on survey”
“A Claim that Nigerian passport holders are no longer eligible for three-months UAE visa.”
“CNN used the same girl in three different refugee crisis photos”
“The medevac legislation doesn't require asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru to be sick in order to be transferred to Australia.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Coleman's claim is spin. The bill governs the transfer of people from offshore processing countries in order to receive medical or psychiatric "treatment or assessment". Experts told Fact Check that it could be possi…
“A series of Australian governments that are guilty of crimes against humanity for forcibly transferring asylum seekers to a third country and detaining them indefinitely without trial.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Wilkie's claim is an allegation of criminal conduct that is untested in a court of law. A number of communiques calling for Australian government officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity, as defined b…
“Miguna Miguna lands back in Kenya after being deported”
“UN, EU and George Soros giving migrants prepaid cards to ‘fund their way through Europe’”
“The claims are going viral on social media that Rohingya refugees in Meat eat flesh of Hindus. But we confirmed that the claims are false.”
“Asylum seekers on Nauru have not proven themselves to be genuine refugees”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Hanson is wrong. The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers currently on Nauru have been deemed to be refugees by the Nauruan Government in accordance with international law and the United Nations refugee conve…