{"id":18414,"date":"2024-04-24T14:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=18414"},"modified":"2024-04-24T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:11:20","slug":"claim-uk-offering-illegal-immigrants-3000-to-return-home-mostly-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/claim-uk-offering-illegal-immigrants-3000-to-return-home-mostly-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Claim UK offering illegal immigrants \u00a33,000 to return home, mostly true"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A TikTok user claims the United Kingdom is offering illegal immigrants \u00a33,000 to vacate the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Our findings confirmed that the UK government has established a voluntary return initiative for illegal immigrants. However, while participants may be eligible to receive financial assistance of up to \u00a33,000, the money is not automatically paid as purported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governments of the developed countries constantly grapple with illegal immigration. Many of them have resorted to using various policies and enforcement measures, including deportation and jail terms, to discourage unauthorised migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just recently, a TikTok user, Fatima Zharah<\/a>, announced<\/a> that the UK government has started offering illegal migrants \u00a33,000 to vacate the country. Illegal migrants are people who reside in a country without approval, violating the immigration laws of that country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust in: UK is offering illegal migrants \u00a33,000 each to move out of the country,\u201d Ms Zharah wrote in her post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post has received mixed reactions from other TikTok users. While many were surprised and asked for directions on how to access this fund, a number of them made statements of caution, saying that it might be a trap from the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there were others like Kemi Adefolarin<\/a> who simply referred to the information as untrue.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a big lie,\u201d she wrote in the comment section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also found similar posts on Facebook, as seen here<\/a> and here<\/a>. DUBAWA carried out this fact check due to the claim’s virality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We visited the UK government’s website and found that it has established programmes to curb illegal immigration into the country. One such programme is a \u201cvoluntary return<\/a>\u201d project, which assists UK immigrants who do not have permission to remain in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beneficiaries would be able to get help processing travel documents and have their return tickets bought for them. In addition, migrants may also be eligible to apply for financial support of up to \u00a33,000, which they can \u201cuse to find somewhere to live, find a job or start a business\u201d when they arrive in their home country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As explained, applicants are only eligible if they are in the UK illegally, have overstayed their visa, have withdrawn or want to withdraw their application to stay, or have been refused asylum in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An overview of the programme. Photo Source: Gov.uk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our findings confirmed that the UK government has created a voluntary return programme for illegal immigrants. While beneficiaries automatically receive help with travel documents and tickets, they must submit an application to be considered for the support funds, redeemable up to \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A TikTok user claims the United Kingdom is offering illegal immigrants \u00a33,000 to vacate the country. Verdict: Our findings confirmed that the UK government has established a voluntary return initiative for illegal immigrants. However, while participants may be eligible to receive financial assistance of up to \u00a33,000, the money is not automatically paid as purported. Full Text Governments of the developed countries constantly grapple with illegal immigration. Many of them have resorted to using various policies and enforcement measures, including deportation and jail terms, to discourage unauthorised migrants. Just recently, a TikTok user, Fatima Zharah, announced that the UK government has started offering illegal migrants \u00a33,000 to vacate the country. Illegal migrants are people who reside in a country without approval, violating the immigration laws of that country.\u00a0 \u201cJust in: UK is offering illegal migrants \u00a33,000 each to move out of the country,\u201d Ms Zharah wrote in her post. The post has received mixed reactions from other TikTok users. While many were surprised and asked for directions on how to access this fund, a number of them made statements of caution, saying that it might be a trap from the government.  However, there were others like Kemi Adefolarin who simply referred to the information as untrue.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a big lie,\u201d she wrote in the comment section. We also found similar posts on Facebook, as seen here and here. DUBAWA carried out this fact check due to the claim’s virality. Verification We visited the UK government’s website and found that it has established programmes to curb illegal immigration into the country. One such programme is a \u201cvoluntary return\u201d project, which assists UK immigrants who do not have permission to remain in the country. Beneficiaries would be able to get help processing travel documents and have their return tickets bought for them. In addition, migrants may also be eligible to apply for financial support of up to \u00a33,000, which they can \u201cuse to find somewhere to live, find a job or start a business\u201d when they arrive in their home country.  As explained, applicants are only eligible if they are in the UK illegally, have overstayed their visa, have withdrawn or want to withdraw their application to stay, or have been refused asylum in the UK. Conclusion Our findings confirmed that the UK government has created a voluntary return programme for illegal immigrants. While beneficiaries automatically receive help with travel documents and tickets, they must submit an application to be considered for the support funds, redeemable up to \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,3812,3815,123],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3009],"class_list":["post-18414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-headline","category-homepage","category-mainstream"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-4N0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3009,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"sunday-awosoro","display_name":"Sunday Awosoro","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Immigrant.png?fit=1199%2C674&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18416,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions\/18416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=18414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}