Immigration
AI-generated videos of Australian Navy recirculate online
We’ve spotted more fake videos being shared on Facebook that supposedly show the Australian Navy intercepting vessels. Read
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Immigration
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Immigration
Video doesn’t show ‘illegal migrant’ losing temper because he couldn’t get a free PlayStation from Oxford council
An old clip filmed in the US is being shared online with captions falsely claiming it shows an “illegal migrant” supposedly losing his temper because a store giving out free PlayStations on behalf of Oxford City Council ran out of the consoles. Read
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Immigration
Dorset police didn’t say 44% of sex offences are carried out by asylum seekers
Dorset Police said the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them. We could find no evidence it was true. Read
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Politics
No, there weren’t ‘over two million’ people at last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march
We’ve seen several social media posts quoting this figure, but both the police and an independent expert have said it’s much too high. Read
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Politics
Video of 2025 Unite the Kingdom protest shared as last weekend’s march
Old footage of the September 2025 Unite the Kingdom march on Westminster Bridge is being shared on social media with claims it shows the protest that occurred last weekend. Read
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Immigration
Footage of small boat being intercepted by Border Force is fake
The video, which has been viewed over 230,000 times on Facebook, has actually been created with AI. Read
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Immigration
Video of migrant small boat crossing English Channel is fake
The clip, which has gained over a thousand comments with many believing it to be genuine, doesn’t really show scenes from the English Channel. Read
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Immigration
How many asylum seekers are being housed in Wales?
Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan and the leader of Reform UK in Wales, Dan Thomas, clashed over the number of asylum seekers being housed in Wales during a recent election debate. Read
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Immigration
AI-generated videos of upturned dinghies in the English Channel circulate online
Six people are known to have died so far in April attempting to cross the English Channel. But viral videos claiming to show overturned dinghies are not real and were made with AI. Read
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Immigration
False claims about rioters recently storming migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth circulate online
Social media posts claiming 460 masked rioters recently stormed migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth aren’t true. Read
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