This week we look at 'deportation' numbers, an old quote circulating online and claims about a vanishing wedding ring

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** How many people were ‘deported’ from the UK in 2023? ([link removed])
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At last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed the government had “deported 24,000 illegal migrants”.

We asked Number 10 for the source of this number but did not receive a response. The Home Office told us that it appeared to be based on ad-hoc data published at the start of January, showing a total of 24,204 returns.

However official immigration statistics for 2023 show there were 25,646 enforced and voluntary returns from the UK, as well as 24,587 port returns (people refused entry to the UK, who did not pass through border control). We don’t know how many of the 25,646 were “deportations”, but we do know that enforced returns (the category which includes deportations) accounted for around 25% of the total.

If Mr Sunak was referring to the ad-hoc data, as suggested by the Home Office, he appears to have used “deported” broadly, as a catch-all term for enforced and voluntary returns. But not all returns meet the official definition of a “deportation”.

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** Unevidenced Diane Abbott quote about ‘the problem with Britain’ recirculates online ([link removed])
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Multiple posts have been circulating on social media claiming that Diane Abbott said: “The problem in Britain is not immigration, the problem in Britain is white people”.

We have found no evidence of Ms Abbott saying this, and she has previously denied saying it.

This is an old claim we have fact checked before and often circulates when the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington receives a lot of coverage in the press.
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** Princess of Wales wedding ring does not vanish in video explaining cancer diagnosis ([link removed])
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Posts shared widely online have falsely claimed that the video in which Catherine, Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to her wedding ring ‘disappearing’.

This isn’t the case. In high resolution versions of the video the princess’ wedding ring briefly blurs as she moves her left hand, but can be seen throughout. BBC Studios have also confirmed they filmed the clip.
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