“Video shows migrants dancing with an NGO group in Lampedusa.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
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.
“The Biden administration opened the floodgates on Arizona's southern border fencing “by design” to allow illegal immigration.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: To avoid damage from heavy rains, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have opened floodgates along Arizona’s border fencing during monsoon season since 2009.
“A video shows the Greek coastguard firing at a boat carrying migrants in the Mediterranean Sea to drown them.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The total number of miles built during Trump’s administration varies depending on how it’s counted. One count, based on Customs and Border Protection data, puts the total at 458 miles. But only 52 miles were new.
“This is a market in Sweden occupied by migrants”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Ireland took in 80.000 refugees in 2022, a lot of them from Africa and Middle East and Crimes by refugees in Ireland has escalated”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“This banner reads ‘Meiteis are refugees”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“This video shows illegal migrants causing Greece wildfires”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“This video shows terror attack by 'Muslim refugees' in France”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“This video shows an immigrant attempting suicide at London’s Heathrow airport”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“Kuki tribes living in Manipur came from the Burma (Myanmar) as refugees and were later granted ST (Scheduled Tribe) quota in India in 1968”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The letter does not mention the entire Kukis in Manipur as refugees. Previous letters related to the viral letter indicate that the District Commissioner of Manipur was implementing the humanitarian aid provided by the …
“Muslim immigrant attacks and later rapes a female Kafir in Spain.”
Youturn rated this: False
“Video of a Muslim immigrant brutally assaulting a woman in Spain”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shows an old incident that took place on a street in the Ganjingzi district in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. In June 2019, a man was caught on surveillance cameras sexually assaulting a woman in Dalian. Th…
“Türkiye's Harmony civil society movement launched "Turkish Bride, Foreign Groom" project to marry male refugees in Türkiye with Turkish women, supported by the Ministry of the Interior”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“Records breaking in Hun Sen’s regime: Cambodia has the largest number of migrant workers in the world”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: False
Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: Cambodia has never been recorded by Guinness World Records as the world’s top countries sent out the largest number of migrant workers. Reports from the International Migration Organization (IOM) shows India is the worl…
“Under Biden’s current policies, even though these millions of illegal border crossers have entered the country unlawfully, all of their future children will become automatic U.S. citizens.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: That's not a Biden policy, but rather it has been the standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment going back more than 100 years, including under Trump.
“Video shows a U.S. military member opening a border gate and allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the migrants in the video had already crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were on U.S. soil when they were passing through the gate in the video.
“Photo shows first person from a Honduras caravan to be granted asylum in the U.S.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This claim first appeared in 2018, when a caravan from Honduras made its way to the United States border. The photo is not of an asylum seeker from that group; it’s from a 2009 adult photoshoot.
“Fentanyl is "here because our southern border is open.”
PolitiFact rated this: Border is not open
PolitiFact says: A combination of physical barriers such as fences, surveillance technology such as drones and about 20,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents help limit who and what comes into the United States.
“When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A group of about 50 migrants who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in September was relocated within days to a military base on nearby Cape Cod. They were not removed from the United States.