False Citizenship Claims Fuel Anti-Immigration Rally
AAP FactCheck has debunked claims that almost a million recent migrants in Australia will soon be invited to become citizens.
According to the data, this number includes mostly temporary migrants who are not yet eligible for citizenship. Permanent visas, a precursor to citizenship, are granted at a much lower rate.
- The figures cover migrants who arrived between 2022/23 and 2023/24.
- Most of these migrants are temporary and ineligible to apply for citizenship.
False claims about immigration have spread across social media platforms, including X and Facebook, to promote an upcoming anti-immigration march on October 19.
This is not the first instance of misinformation being used to promote anti-immigration protests. An earlier protest in August was also promoted with false claims, which AAP FactCheck previously debunked.
A recent anti-immigration rally was promoted using similar false claims.
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