Publication: refugees
The Dispatch→ Refugee Admissions Still Slumping Under Biden
A group of migrant families from Central America walk alongside the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico in January 2023. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Lawmakers and advocates lament historically low numbers, despite
Logically→ The U.K. Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC) requested all hosts sheltering Ukrainian migrants to report adult males to the Ukrainian Embassy.
A fraudulent letter is circulated on social media asking hosts of Ukrainian refugees in the U.K. to inform the government about adult Ukrainian men.
Logically→ Thirteen Labour MPs did not vote against deportation flights to Rwanda.
There was no parliament vote on the Rwanda deal. Many of the MPs mentioned have spoken out against the policy.
Logically→ Refugees and “illegal immigrants” get a yearly income of £29,900.
The post makes a number of incorrect statements on pensions, benefits, and refugee status. The figure of £29,900 is not accurate.
Snopes→ Trump Aides Aim to Build GOP Opposition to Afghan Refugees
As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in the U.S., a handful of former Trump administration officials are working to turn Republicans against them.
Logically→ Afghan evacuees and asylum seekers are arriving at airports with no documentation and false papers.
The Home Office stated that anyone entering the U.K. must undergo security checks but they are not always required to carry valid documents.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Justin Trudeau Say That ‘Islam is the Only Way to Improve Life in Canada’?
A recurring pattern of smear attempts against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flared up yet again in February 2020, when a Facebook user attempted to gin up a meme about him using a debunked, Islamophobic rumor: The February 8 2020 post show
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Asylum Seekers Get $2,100 Per Month Starting Their First Day in the United States?
On July 16 2019, the following text-based status update (archived here) appeared on Facebook with the uncited claim that asylum seekers admitted to the United States receive a $2,100 monthly payment — whereas by comparison, Americans who had paid i
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Eradicated Diseases Making a Comeback Because of Immigrants and Refugees?
In April 2019, the Facebook page “Donald Plants” shared the following meme (archived here), which claimed that six “eradicated diseases” are in the process of “making a comeback” thanks to the presence of refugees
Truth or Fiction?→ Do High Percentages of Refugees Receive Food Stamps, ‘Medicard,’ and Cash Welfare?
In late March 2019, the following meme (archived here) appeared, making three separate and warmed-over claims about “refugees” in the United States and opining, “cut them off”: The Meme The image-based meme provided no citation
Snopes→ Did a Banned Federal Study Show That Refugees Bring in More in Government Revenues Than They Cost?
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study compared the tax revenues generated by refugees to the overall cost of resettlement.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Asylum-Seekers Writing Numbers on Their Arms at the United States Border?
Amid stories of unarmed adults and children getting teargassed over an international border by United States forces, infants being taken from their parents, and asylum-seekers being concentrated in detention camps, yet another image appeared to evoke a
Were Seven Children Rescued From Smugglers Embedded in a ‘Migrant Caravan’ in Guatemala?
On October 25th, 2018, as bots and paid trolls pushed talking points on social media about a caravan of people from Honduras on their way to Mexico’s border with the United States to turn themselves in to seek asylum, the Judicial Watch blog published a shocking story about seven children who were saved from human […]
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Truth or Fiction?→ Rumors About Caravan of Asylum-Seekers Reach New Heights
As a caravan consisting of thousands of asylum-seekers from Central America drew ever closer to Mexico’s border with the United States to prepare to turn themselves in to border authorities en masse and request asylum, the usual fearmongering sus
Rumors About Caravan of Asylum-Seekers Reach New Heights
As a caravan consisting of thousands of asylum-seekers from Central America drew ever closer to Mexico’s border with the United States to prepare to turn themselves in to border authorities en masse and request asylum, the usual fearmongering suspects did what they do best: whipping up racial hatred with disinformation and propaganda. “Democrat approved migrant […]
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