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Immigration fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about immigration. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,620 published reviews in this topic

日本ファクトチェックセンターImmigration

高市政権が外国人政策に1300億円も使う?

Publisher’s rating: 不正確

The review says the 2026 initial budget did increase spending for “foreigners-related measures” by ¥132 billion compared with the previous year. But it says the budget covers measures such as managing entry and residence more appropriately and addressing overtourism, so interpreting the entire increase as spending for foreigners’ welfare is misleading.

youturnImmigration

நியூசிலாந்தில், பூர்வீக மாவோரி இனத்தவர்கள் #இஸ்லாமிய குடியேற்றத்திற்கு எதிராகப் போராடி, ஜிஹாதிக் கொடியை அழிக்கின்றனர். “நியூசிலாந்து கிறிஸ்தவ நாடு, அமைதி மார்க்கம் அங்கு வரவேற்கப்படுவதில்லை!”

Publisher’s rating: misleading

日本ファクトチェックセンターImmigration

外国人は社会保障にただ乗り?

Publisher’s rating: 不正確

The review says that although foreign residents have higher national health insurance premium delinquency, their share of medical costs is lower than their share of enrollees, and foreign households receiving livelihood assistance are a small share overall. It concludes that the broad claim of foreigners free-riding on social security is not supported by the figures it examines.

日本ファクトチェックセンターImmigration

日本がパキスタン人受け入れを5万人に拡大?

Publisher’s rating: 不正確

The review found no government announcement or reporting as of February 6, 2026, that Japan would expand its intake of Pakistani nationals to 50,000. It noted that the claim may confuse Pakistan with a separate plan to receive 50,000 skilled and care workers from India over five years.

Deutsche WelleImmigration

A video allegedly shows tens of thousands of people from Northern Kurdistan crossing the border on their way to Rojava to support their people. This claim is being shared several times online alongside a video showing large crowds moving along snow-covered roads, including this postwith nearly a million views on X.

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: False The video is old and does not show people heading toward northern Syria. By tracing the audio on Instagram, DW identified the clip as having been posted in January 2023 , long before the current Syrian developments. DW also found a lot of similar posts with the same audio file on Instagram, including one that has garnered 2.8M views. Users in the comment sections identify the scene as crowds returning from a sports event. One comment beneath the video with 2.8M views says this is how "Uloq köpkari" is. Commenters under the original posts identify the gathering as crowds returning from a Central Asian equestrian sports event, specifically linked to Kökbörü(also known as Kokpar), a traditional horseback contest played across Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The video has no connection to the Syrian–Turkish border or any movement toward Rojava.

مرصد أخبار ميترImmigration

الشؤون الاجتماعية تطالب بقانون يحد من زواج المصريات من أفارقة

Publisher’s rating: غير مثبت

The review found no Egyptian government statement or legislative initiative to restrict these marriages, and reported that the circulating statistics were false. Official 2024 data cited in the review recorded 260 marriages between Egyptians and non-Egyptians in total, including 145 Egyptian women marrying Sudanese men.