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Video Shows 500K Men in Africa Preparing to ‘Invade’ Europe and America?

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September 28, 2023

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Video Shows 500K Men in Africa Preparing to 'Invade' Europe and America?

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A video that went viral in late September 2023 authentically showed 500,000 “military aged men” gathering on the north coast of Africa in preparation to migrate to Europe and America.

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In late September 2023, a video was circulated online, allegedly showing “500,000 military aged men gathering in north coast of Africa preparing to invade Europe and America.”

One post on X (formerly Twitter) with the in-question footage read “ALERT: Roughly 500,000 military-aged men are purportedly gathering in North Africa in preparation to enter Europe.. MEDIA SILENT..”

ALERT: Roughly 500,000 military-aged men are purportedly gathering in North Africa in preparation to enter Europe..

MEDIA SILENT..https://t.co/slipdcvGWv

— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) September 25, 2023

However, when we searched for the video via reverse image search, we noticed it hadn’t been released in September 2023. Among other places, we found it was published on June 23, 2023, on a questionable “redd.tube” website, with the caption:

SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE.. REPORTS OF UP TO 500,000 MALE IMMIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN LIBYA IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AS THEY PREPARE TO ENTER THE EUROPE THROUGH ITALIAN WATERS. MOST OF THEM ARE FROM PAKISTAN

The longest and earliest version of the footage we found was published on TikTok on June 1, 2023, and its caption in Arabic (we used Google Translate) read, “Deporting young Egyptians from Libya, may God make it easy for them.”

Another video published on the same day, was also captioned in Arabic: “An Egyptian woman was arrested in a Libyan warehouse in Musaed #Immigration_to_Europe 🇪🇺 #Immigration.”

We checked whether reliable news sources had reported that Libya was deporting “young Egyptians” in early June 2023. Reuters published an article on June 4, 2023, on the topic. It read in part:

Eastern Libyan forces have expelled thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days, deporting them to Egypt on foot across the land border, an Egyptian security source and an eastern Libyan security source said.

The Libyan security source said 4,000 migrants had been found during raids on people traffickers following a shootout between security forces and smugglers and they were all deported.

BBC Arabic published a similar article on June 5, 2023, that read (we used Google Translate to translate it from Arabic):

The deportation of Egyptians from Libya on foot raises anger in Egypt

Thousands of Egyptian migrants made the journey back from Libya to their country on foot after the Libyan authorities decided to deport them to their country for residing illegally.

The Libyan authorities found thousands of illegal immigrants detained in the homes and farms of smugglers during a recent campaign, and took a decision to deport them in an attempt to provide security and limit the flow of illegal immigrants.

The Associated Press also covered the topic in early June 2023, underscoring that Libya is the “dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to Europe”:

Human traffickers have benefited from the chaos in Libya and smuggled migrants through the country’s lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate migrants seeking a better life in Europe into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels in risky voyages on the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea route.

What’s more, an X account of a media network based in Egypt, @RassdNewsN, posted a similar video with the caption: “The Libyan authorities return thousands of illegal immigrants to Egypt through the Amsaed land port.” The post was shared on June 2, 2023, and showed security forces wearing the same uniforms as those visible in the in-question video:

السلطات الليبية تعيد آلاف المهاجرين غير الشرعيين إلى مصر عبر منفذ امساعد البري pic.twitter.com/7NY9oQiE7N

— شبكة رصد (@RassdNewsN) June 2, 2023

In short, we found no evidence that “500,000 military aged men gathering in north coast of Africa” were making preparations to invade Europe and America. Frontex, the European border and coast guard agency, has reported that the stretch of the Mediterranean Sea between North Africa and Italy is one of the main migratory routes to Europe, and in 2022 “the number of detections in the Central Mediterranean rose by more than half to well over 100,000 detections,” obviously a smaller number than the 500,000 mentioned in the viral posts.

Moreover, in late June 2023, The Observers, a fact-checking effort of France 24, as well as Myth Detector and AFP Sprawdzam debunked similar videos allegedly depicting 500,000 migrants “getting ready to invade Italy,” which might have been a source for the rumors of young men invading Europe and America.

All in all, given that various sources indicated that the video in question showed Egyptian immigrants being deported from Libya, rather than African men preparing to invade Europe and America, we have rated this claim as “Miscaptioned.”

Sources:

Central Mediterranean Route. https://frontex.europa.eu/what-we-do/monitoring-and-risk-analysis/migratory-routes/central-mediterranean-route/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2023.

“Eastern Libya Forces Stage Mass Deportation of Egyptian Migrants.” Reuters, 4 June 2023. www.reuters.com, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eastern-libya-forces-stage-mass-deportation-egyptian-migrants-2023-06-04/.

“Eastern Libyan Authorities Round up Thousands in Crackdown on Migrants.” AP News, 3 June 2023, https://apnews.com/article/libya-migrants-crackdown-egypt-2fd0aced8b8d05e7aa6c7d05637c2f57.

“Nagranie nie pokazuje eskortowanych przez żołnierzy migrantow w drodze z Libii do Włoch.” Sprawdzam, 28 July 2023, https://sprawdzam.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33PZ34Y.

“No, These Videos Do Not Show 500,000 Migrants ‘Getting Ready to Invade Italy.'” The Observers – France 24, 29 June 2023, https://observers.france24.com/en/africa/20230629-intox-arm%C3%A9e-500000-migrants-libye-%C3%A9gypte-arrestation-police.

“Who Are We?” The Observers – France 24, 9 Sept. 2020, https://observers.france24.com/en/who-are-we.

“ترحيل مصريين من ليبيا سيرا على الأقدام يثير غضبا في مصر.” BBC News عربي, 5 June 2023, https://www.bbc.com/arabic/tv-and-radio-65814715.

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How can a tax calculator simplify your tax filing process?

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November 22, 2023

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Live match blog – India vs Australia Final 2023/24 – Cricket Insights

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November 19, 2023

Daniel Jack

Live match blog - India vs Australia Final 2023/24 - Cricket Insights

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Australia need 241! That’s the same total England and New Zealand made in the 2019 final.

The key to bowling on a slow pitch is to keep to your discipline and limit the damage. Australia chose to bowl knowing the margin of error was less than zero. They came face to face with that when Rohit Sharma was going bonkers at the start. And they survived it because their fielding has been unreal.

Travis Head pulled off a catch that may well rival the one Kapil Dev took in 1983.

India went 97 balls without a boundary; they managed just four since the end of the 10th over. They thought they were consolidating. But in came Pat Cummins, dismissing Virat Kohli. He is the first fast bowler to complete his full 10 overs in this World Cup and not concede a boundary. Later Mitchell Starc found reverse swing. In the knockouts he’s taken six wickets at an average of 14.

Adam Zampa saw the pitch being slow and he too took pace off, going down to 84 kph once. He gave away just one four in his 10 overs. Australia sized up the conditions and responded to them perfectly.

Head and David Warner and Cummins and Zampa were saving boundaries all over the place. The field placements were excellent too. They had an offside sweeper out for Rohit because they guessed he would try to hit them off their lines and lengths by making room to the leg side. They had deep third man very fine to Suryakumar Yadav because his V is behind the wicket, not in front, and along with that gave him no pace to play his ramps and scoops.

This game, if they win it, and there’s still a long way to go, especially if there’s no dew, was made back in the drawing board.

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Tim Henman suggests Carlos Alcaraz is the greatest of all-time in one key area

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November 19, 2023

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We may be a little too early to suggest Carlos Alcaraz could get into the discussion over who is the greatest male player of all time, but the Spaniad is certainly excelling in one key area.

Having lost his opening match to Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz knew only victory over previously unbeaten Medvedev would be enough to qualify for the semi-finals.

He achieved the feat in style, wrapping up a 6-4 6-4 victory to join the Russian in the last four on his debut in Turin.

Alcaraz’s superior sets record means he tops the group and will face Djokovic in a rematch of their unforgettable Wimbledon final, while Medvedev meets fourth seed Jannik Sinner, the only player yet to lose a match.

It was an impressive performance from Alcaraz after he lost his first match of the event against Alexander Zverev, as he continued an alarming slump in form that started with a defeat against Medvedev at the US Open.

Now the 20-year-old Spaniard is roaring back to his best, with his win against Andrey Rublev backed up by a victory against his great friend Medvedev.

During his commentary stint on the Alcaraz vs Medvedev match, former British No 1 Henman suggested the young Spaniard has separated himself from the greatest players the game has ever seen with his movement on the court.

A win that meant everything 💪@carlosalcaraz #NittoATPFinals pic.twitter.com/88sOmuQaoe

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 17, 2023

“Is he the best mover to have ever played the game?” asked Henman.

“There have been some phenomenal movers, but from where I am sitting, I haven’t seen many quicker.

“We have had some great movers in the sport, but Alcaraz is right up there.

“There have been plenty of great movers in tennis, but his flexibility and control at the end of it is exceptional. His movement is just phenomenal.”

Novak Djokovic fans will argue their man has redefined how to move on a tennis court in the modern era, with his ability to slide on hard courts and contort his body into unnatural positions a skill that has helped him dominate the men’s game.

Roger Federer was also a divine mover when he was at his best, with his graceful presence on the court giving the impression that he was moving through the gears with relentless ease.

Rafael Nadal has also been a remarkable mover, with his dominance on clay courts helped by his sliding ability that has taken the sport on that surface to a while new level.

Now Henman may have started the ball rolling on a movement debate that will have no definitive answer, with Alcaraz admitting his movement was a big issue as he tried to find his feet on grass this summer.

The young Spaniard struggled on the surface in his first match at The Queen’s Club tournament in June, but quickly master the art of moving on grass as he lifted the trophy at that event and then went on to win Wimbledon.

“The most difficult part is to move well on grass,” said Alcaraz. “You need to be more careful than other surfaces, so for me to move on grass is the most difficult.

“The most comfortable (thing) is going to the net and playing aggressively all the time. For me it is similar to other surfaces with my style. Playing that style is comfortable and I like it.

“There are a lot of players who slice on grass. I am not one of them, so I have to think about the movement. I have to be focused on every movement and shot. For me it is more tiring when you are moving on grass. It is totally different, so you have to be really specific.”

Alcaraz’s youthful body allows him to be dynamic on court and that helps his movement, with the genius he can display on court helped by his ability to get to the ball quicker than his rivals.