A video is currently circulating in which illegal migrants in Germany allegedly avoid deportation by breaking a window and jumping out of a slow-moving bus. Is that correct? No, that is not correct.

Screenshot: Twitter / Fact check: The video of migrants jumping out of a bus was NOT filmed in Germany!
Screenshot: Twitter

Illegal migrants escaped deportation in Germany by jumping out of a bus?

ClaimsFact check
Illegal migrants in Germany escaped deportation by jumping out of a bus.The video was not filmed in Germany. The evidence suggests that it was recorded in Algeria.
The video was posted by the Facebook page Tunisino a Roma on June 30, 2023.Yes, that's right. The oldest copy of the video that could be found comes from this Facebook page.
The video shows a mass exodus of illegal immigrants from the Sahel and Sahara countries before they are deported to their home countries.Yes, that's true according to the translation of the Arabic caption in the original post.
Opera News Nigeria identified the video as South African and the migrants as Nigerian.This is wrong. All evidence points to the video being shot in Algeria.
A tweet claimed that the people who jumped from the bus were Ghanaians in Germany.This is wrong. There is no evidence to support this claim.
topstoriesworld.com claimed that the illegal immigrants were in Germany and had jumped from a moving train.This is wrong. The video shows people jumping off a bus and there is no evidence that this happened in Germany.

The details of this widely circulated video are not well documented, but it was certainly not shot in Germany. All evidence - from the subtitles in the oldest copies of the video to the license plate of a car on the highway - suggests that the video was filmed in Algeria.

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Where does the video actually come from?

The oldest copy of the video we could find was posted by the Facebook page Tunisino a Roma on June 30, 2023. The caption is in Arabic. The translation reads: “Algeria… A video showing the mass exodus of illegal immigrants from the Sahel and Sahara countries before their deportation to their countries of origin”.

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Misidentifications of the video

There were additional cases where this video was passed off as being in a location other than Algeria. Opera News Nigeria published an article on July 19, 2023 that incorrectly identified this as a South African video and identified the migrants as Nigerians: “Disturbing incidents have recently emerged in South Africa where Nigerian immigrants facing deportation are taking to extremes Take measures to avoid being deported to your home country. Some Nigerians are said to have even jumped from moving buses as they were being taken to the airport to be deported.”

Conclusion

The rapid spread of news and videos in our digital world can often lead to misunderstandings and misinformation. It is important to check the sources carefully and not to believe everything you see at first glance. In this particular case, the video of migrants jumping off a bus was recorded not in Germany, but in Algeria. This is further evidence that we all need to work to combat misinformation and use accurate and reliable sources.

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