This picture of a sign about refugees has been digitally altered

30 July 2019
What was claimed

An image shows a woman wearing a protest sign that says “my legs are open for refugees”.

Our verdict

The image has been digitally altered. It is a pre-made Amnesty International sign saying “my door is open for refugees”.

A post on Facebook showing a woman wearing a sign saying “my legs are open for refugees” is not real.

The image has been digitally altered. The original sign is a pre-made one distributed by Amnesty International, saying “my doors are open for refugees”. After Nigel Farage tweeted (then deleted) the image last year, a Canadian journalist said that she’d taken the original picture in Canada in 2015 for a news website.

We’ve written about this image before, in our blog on how to spot misleading images.

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