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Immigration fact checks

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APA - Austria Presse AgenturImmigration

Der Auszug aus der „Verordnung über die Fürsorgepflicht“ der Weimarer Republik zeigt, dass nicht arbeitende Flüchtlinge damals nicht verpflegt oder beherbergt werden durften.

Publisher’s rating: Eine derartige Verordnung ist nicht auffindbar. Einige Unstimmigkeiten deuten darauf hin, dass es sich um eine Fälschung handelt.

The claim attributes a rule denying food or shelter to non-working refugees to an excerpt said to come from a Weimar Republic welfare ordinance. The review distinguishes that alleged wording from the historical document: it reports that an actual “Verordnung über die Fürsorgepflicht” was issued on 13 February 1924, but says the quoted prohibition does not appear in it. The reviewer therefore finds that the real ordinance does not verify the claim. The alleged excerpt refers to paragraph 19, and the review confirms that the genuine ordinance did have a paragraph numbered 19. But its subject is different: it permits assistance to people capable of working to be provided through suitable public-benefit work, or made conditional on doing such work, with exceptions for obvious hardship or contrary law. That provision does not say that refugees who do not work must be denied food or accommodation. The review also checks a possible reference to the Weimar Constitution. It says that the constitution has no paragraphs, that article 19 concerns court jurisdiction, and that the word “refugees” does not occur in its text. It reports that the “RFV” reference in the claim may mean that constitution, but finds no matching passage there either. The evidence presented thus supports the conclusion that the circulating excerpt’s asserted rule is not substantiated by either document; the review characterizes the alleged ordinance as not locatable and likely fabricated.

dpa Deutsche Presse-AgenturImmigration

Video zeigt Geflüchtete, die sich in Nordafrika auf den Weg nach Europa machen.

Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Aufnahmen zeigen Flüchtlinge, die Anfang Juni 2023 von Libyen nach Ägypten abgeschoben werden sollten - und keine Schleuseraktivitäten.

The claim was that the videos showed refugees setting out from North Africa for Europe. The review notes that posts attached more alarming interpretations to some footage, including that people were preparing to “conquer Europe” or march into Italy and Europe. It also says that some posts combined different clips, including scenes of a crowded courtyard and an overloaded truck. The review’s investigation instead places the footage in the context of people being sent from Libya into Egypt. To identify the courtyard footage, the review points to a TikTok clip already posted on June 1, 2023, which showed a wider view with details such as a sign above the building entrance and the lower part of a mast or antenna. It reports that France 24 fact-checkers located the courtyard in Musaid, near the Egyptian border, and identified the building as a local security facility; the review says satellite imagery showed the building complex and mast. The crowded-truck clip was also located in or around Musaid, according to the review’s account of France 24’s findings and other reporting. The review connects those locations and images to a mass deportation operation around June 1, 2023. It reports that thousands of migrants were gathered in the area and had to cross the Emsaed border crossing on foot into Egypt. In this account, the footage documents a deportation operation—not people traveling to Europe or smuggler activity.

Fact CrescendoImmigration

Claim: Egypt not built 36 ft high fence to stop Palestine Muslims

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The claim concerned a social-media post alleging that Egypt had built a 36-foot-high fence to keep Palestinians from entering from Gaza. The post paired that allegation with an image of people trying to cross a tall barrier. The investigation identified the image’s provenance rather than treating it as evidence of a new Egyptian construction: a reverse-image search found the same scene in a video circulating since 2021, so the image was not taken in October 2023, when the claim was shared. The review then looked for reporting about the video. It says reports placed the scene during the 2021 Israel–Palestine conflict, when people from Lebanon tried to cross into Israel to support Palestinians. That is a materially different event from Palestinians trying to enter Egypt. The image therefore does not establish the claim’s asserted location, participants, or purpose. On that basis, the review concluded that the post misrepresented an older image of Lebanese people attempting to enter Israel as Palestinians trying to cross into Egypt. The evidence described in the excerpt addresses the image and the story attached to it; it does not provide further detail about the construction or dimensions of any Egyptian barrier.

YouturnImmigration

100% முஸ்லீம் நாடான எகிப்து, காஸாவிலிருந்து முஸ்லிம்கள் தனது எல்லைக்குள் நுழைவதைத் தடுக்க 36 அடி உயர வேலியை அமைத்தது. இப்போது காஸா முஸ்லிம்கள் உயரமான வேலியைக் கடந்து எகிப்துக்குள் நுழைய முயற்சிக்கின்றனர்.இது முஸ்லிம் உலகின் மிகப் பெரிய போலித்தனம் .

Publisher’s rating: False

مرصد أخبار ميترImmigration

إغلاق البوابة المصرية لمعبر رفح بجواجز خرسانية

Publisher’s rating: خبر كاذب - الفيديو المتداول يرجع إلى المصور الفلسطيني "حيدرة الشريف"، ونشر حيدرة عبر صفحته على الفيسبوك، الفيديو من جانب الأراضي الفلسطينية، ويظهر فيه الأضرار التي لحقت بالجانب الفلسطيني من المعبر، ولم يذكر إغلاق الجانب المصري لمعبر رفح.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturImmigration

Eine private „Seenotrettung“ von Flüchtlingen im Mittelmeer - Name: „United4Rescue“ - erhält staatliche Finanzierung. Bis 2026 sollen 8 Mio.€ fließen. 2 Mio.€ pro Jahr.

Publisher’s rating: Dem Haushaltsausschuss des Bundestages zufolge sollte United4Rescue ursprünglich 2023 mit zwei Millionen Euro unterstützt werden. Das Auswärtige Amt verteilt diese Gesamtsumme nun jedoch an mehrere Projekte. Darüber beklagte sich United4Rescue bereits Mitte Juli.

The claim concerned a Facebook post from late September 2023 saying that United4Rescue would receive €2 million a year from the state for sea rescue. The review distinguishes a multi-year budget plan from the funding actually made available to the organization: the Bundestag’s Budget Committee had decided in November 2022 to provide €2 million for United4Rescue’s civil sea-rescue work in 2023, and the review says that €2 million annually was also envisaged for 2024–2026. Those plans would amount to €8 million over four years, but they do not establish that United4Rescue ultimately received that sum. The key qualification is a later change to the 2023 allocation. In July, United4Rescue objected that the Foreign Office would allow humanitarian projects on land to compete for funds originally intended for sea rescue. The Foreign Office confirmed that multiple organizations could benefit from the total €2 million, with funding for both rescue at sea and projects on land for people rescued at sea. Thus the post reflected an earlier funding plan but omitted that the 2023 sum was no longer reserved exclusively for United4Rescue or for sea rescue. The review supports its account by citing the Budget Committee decision, a United4Rescue press release, a Bundestag plenary record, a Transport Ministry statement, and the Foreign Office’s government press conference. It reports that, by the time of that briefing, three projects had completed review: Sant’Egidio’s onshore assistance in Italy and sea-rescue projects by SOS Humanity and Sea-Eye. The excerpt does not establish the final amount United4Rescue itself received.

BR24 #FaktenfuchsImmigration

"Es verlassen jedes Jahr mehr Hochqualifizierte unser Land, als neu hinzukommen."

Publisher’s rating: Die Aussage von Hubert Aiwanger ist nicht überprüfbar, weil es keine amtlichen Statistiken dazu gibt.

Hubert Aiwanger claimed that Germany loses more highly qualified people each year than it gains. The review says he made the remark in a Tagesspiegel article in July 2023, in the context of criticism of the federal government over immigration and the shortage of skilled workers. The key question was whether available official data could establish the claimed annual comparison. The review explains that Germany’s migration statistics record arrivals and departures reported by local registration authorities, but do not record migrants’ qualification levels. That means the figures cannot show how many highly qualified people enter or leave, or establish the claimed balance between the two groups. The review therefore reports that the claim cannot be verified using official statistics—not that the claim has been shown to be true or false. The review also describes relevant research, while noting its limits. An Institute for Employment Research specialist told BR that the subject is little researched and that the institute planned a representative longitudinal survey for the following year. A researcher at the Federal Institute for Population Research said the GERPS study indicates that German emigrants are more highly qualified, on average, than Germans living in Germany; the review adds that many German emigrants return after several years. Those findings do not establish whether more highly qualified people leave than arrive each year.