Ahead of the EU elections, commentators and social media users are making factually incorrect claims about immigration in Europe.

在歐盟選舉之前，評論員和社交媒體用戶對歐洲移民問題的說法與事實不符。

Whether they're about benefits or immigration rates, the allegations are usually provocative and simply wrong.

無論是關於福利還是移民率，這些指控通常都是挑釁性的，根本就是錯誤的。

The Cube investigates.

立方體》進行了調查。

Migration is typically a hot topic in any election campaign and is often fuelled for inflammatory debates and false claims.

在任何競選活動中，移民都是一個典型的熱門話題，往往會引發煽動性辯論和虛假指控。

Take this example from Spain.

就拿西班牙的這個例子來說吧。

This post on Facebook says that almost 97% of people on Spain's minimum basic income are immigrants.

Facebook 上的這個帖子說，在西班牙享受最低基本收入的人中，幾乎 97% 都是移民。

The minimum basic income is a social security benefit that provides a basic wage to the economically vulnerable.

最低基本收入是一種社會保障福利，為經濟弱勢群體提供基本工資。

It can range from about 600 to 1,400 euros a month, depending on the beneficiary's living conditions.

根據受益人的生活條件，每月的補助金從 600 歐元到 1400 歐元不等。

But the Facebook post is wrong for a couple of reasons.

但 Facebook 上的帖子有幾個原因是錯誤的。

Firstly, it says that it's the Ministry of Labour that pays out the minimum basic income when it's actually the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.

首先，它說發放最低基本收入的是勞動部，而實際上是包容、社會保障和移民部。

But more importantly, it's wrong because according to the Inclusion Ministry's official data for April, 82.4% of beneficiaries held Spanish nationality, while only 17.6% were foreigners.

但更重要的是，這種說法是錯誤的，因為根據包容部 4 月份的官方數據，82.4% 的受益人擁有西班牙國籍，只有 17.6%的受益人是外國人。

The post also incorrectly estimates the number of people receiving the minimum basic income.

該帖子還錯誤地估計了領取最低基本收入的人數。

Elsewhere on the continent, a clip by Dutch far-right activist Ava Vlaardingerbroek alleges that most of the populations of Amsterdam, Brussels and London are immigrants.

在歐洲大陸的其他地方，荷蘭極右翼活動家阿瓦-弗拉丁格布魯克（Ava Vlaardingerbroek）的一個短片聲稱，阿姆斯特丹、布魯塞爾和倫敦的大部分人口都是移民。

She also says that the completely baseless Great Replacement theory is a reality rather than a far-right conjecture meant to imply that Europe's white population is being supplanted by immigrants from elsewhere.

她還說，完全毫無根據的 "大置換論 "是一個現實，而不是極右翼的臆想，其目的是暗示歐洲的白人人口正在被其他地方的移民所取代。

All of this is incorrect.

所有這些都是不正確的。

Official numbers from the Dutch statistics office reveal that only 37% of Amsterdam's population was born outside the Netherlands.

荷蘭統計局的官方數據顯示，阿姆斯特丹只有 37% 的人口在荷蘭以外出生。

Figures from Belgium's statistics agency put the number of Brussels residents born outside the country at 48%.

比利時統計局的數據顯示，在國外出生的布魯塞爾居民佔 48%。

And in London, a 2021 census revealed that 41% of the capital's population wasn't born in the UK.

而在倫敦，2021 年的人口普查顯示，41% 的首都人口並非出生在英國。

According to the Office for National Statistics.

根據國家統計局的數據。

Furthermore, simply being born elsewhere is no indicator of background and it can't be used to demonstrate an otherwise unprovable hypothesis.

此外，僅僅出生在別處並不能說明背景，也不能用來證明一個無法證明的假設。

While it's true that immigration is an important issue and it's valid to have concerns about how it's handled, it's crucial to make sure any claims about it are based in fact.

移民問題確實是一個重要問題，對如何處理移民問題表示擔憂也是合理的，但關鍵是要確保任何有關移民問題的說法都有事實根據。

For more fact checks and news on elections across Europe, head over to Euronews.com.

有關歐洲各地選舉的更多事實核查和新聞，請訪問 Euronews.com。