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2024-08-03 14:13:48 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Keir Starmer did not help illegal migrants claim benefits in the UK. Illegal migrants in the UK have never been able to claim benefits. In the case, Keir Starmer represented 5 individual asylum seekers who sued the government, so he did not personally sue the government. https://fullfact.org/online/keir-starmer-court-illegal-immigrants/ https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/misleading-no-keir-starmer-did-not-take-the-government-to-court-demanding-benefits-be-extended-to-illegal-immigrants

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• Keir Starmer did not help illegal migrants claim benefits in the UK. Illegal migrants in the UK have never been able to claim benefits. In the case, Keir Starmer represented 5 individual asylum seekers who sued the government, so he did not personally sue the government. https://fullfact.org/online/keir-starmer-court-illegal-immigrants/ https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/misleading-no-keir-starmer-did-not-take-the-government-to-court-demanding-benefits-be-extended-to-illegal-immigrants