Full Fact investigates claims and misinformation about asylum seekers in the UK and beyond.
Our fact checks examine statements from politicians, media reports and social media posts about numbers arriving, government policy, housing, and community impact.
Each article uses transparent data, verified official statistics and expert evidence to clarify what’s accurate, what’s misleading and what’s unproven.
Immigration
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
Immigration
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
Immigration
Social media posts claiming 460 masked rioters recently stormed migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth aren’t true. Read
Immigration
A Facebook post claiming Mr Starmer “won the case that gave illegal migrants access to UK benefits” is misleading. Read
Immigration
Social media posts have falsely claimed that the Duke of Cornwall hotel in Plymouth is being refurbished to house asylum seekers. Read
Immigration
A leaflet being shared by Reform UK as part of its by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton claims that “350 illegal boat migrants” live in the constituency. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance. Read
Immigration
A misleading claim that Sir Keir Starmer “won the case that gave illegal migrants access to UK benefits” has been shared widely online. Read
Immigration
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch. Read
Culture & Society
The image being shared on social media was generated with AI, as shown by various glitches and the watermark on the original version. Read
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