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Asylum seekers and refugees
Fact checks about refugees and asylum seekers in the UK
No evidence Kabul airport video is faked
The fact people are not being blown over is no evidence the footage is faked, as suggested.
Higher deportation rates don’t necessarily demonstrate ‘disproportionate targeting’ of Jamaicans
The data is not entirely reliable, and there may be multiple reasons why deportation rates vary, including whether deportation would affect someone’s human rights.
This viral post on benefits and tax avoidance is inaccurate
It underestimates the spending on benefits for people seeking asylum and uses a disputed estimate of the tax gap to talk about tax avoidance.
