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A video is circulating on social media with misleading claims it shows an attempted assault by “Muslim immigrants” on young women in France.

In the footage, a group of young men in a pedestrian underpass appear to try to accost some women as they attempt to walk through, before a fight breaks out and the men are left lying on the ground after being hit by the women.

It has been shared over 2,100 times on X, formerly Twitter, and a screenshot of the video also appears on Facebook with the caption: “In France, a gang of Muslim immigrants tried to assault a group of young women.

“Little did they know what awaited them. Don’t mess with the French women!”

But the video does not show what is claimed. The original video was posted on Instagram in November 2023 in…

A video is being shared online with a caption claiming that it shows the “consequences” of “mass immigration” to Germany.

In the clip, people can be seen walking through the historic Römerberg square in Frankfurt, which is strewn with litter and bottles.

The video, which is circulating on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, appears to be genuine and several other sources show the same scene. But a caption saying: “Not sure how long Frankfurt will survive the consequences of mass immigration”, that accompanies the footage in some posts, is misleading.

The video is unconnected to migration to Germany.

It actually shows the aftermath of a UEFA European Football Championship match between Denmark and England, which took place in the city on 20 June.

The…

An image shared on Facebook makes an inaccurate comparison between the financial support which pensioners and “illegal immigrants” receive.

It claims that “after paying National Insurance for 35 years, UK pensioners receive £6,800 a year” while “illegal immigrants will receive on average £26,000 a year in unearned benefits”.

These figures aren’t right. The amount UK pensioners receive in state pension varies depending on a number of factors, but pensioners entitled to the full amount receive significantly more than £6,800 per year.

People in the UK without a legal right to be here are not entitled to claim any benefits. Asylum seekers, including those who arrive in the UK on small boats, also can’t claim welfare benefits, but do receive some…

Thousands of people have shared claims on Facebook that “British old age pensioners” get far less annually in benefits than “illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain”. 

The posts explicitly encourage social media users to share them, claiming that pensioners in Great Britain get a total annual benefit of £6,000 a year, while illegal immigrants and refugees get £29,900. 

We wrote about the same claim more than a decade ago, as well as very similar claims using the same headline figures of £6,000 and £29,000 on social media in 2018 and 2019, and found them to be false. The claims made in the post remain untrue—the totals given are inaccurate and some of the “financial assistance” doesn’t even exist in the UK. 

Claims juxtaposing the amount of…