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**Image context:** A screenshot of a post on X (Twitter) from the account "End Wokeness," showing two UK Home Office informational leaflets/posters aimed at asylum seekers. The left leaflet illustrates a distressed person sitting on a bed with another person facing away; the right leaflet shows an angry adult pointing at a child. --- **Tweet header:** End Wokeness ✔ @EndWokeness X.com *(Profile picture: circular logo with a bearded man and American flag, text around the edge reading "I SUPPORT THE FORMER THINGS")* **Tweet body:** The UK is giving out these brochures to help new migrants adjust I wish this was satire, but it's real --- **Left brochure:** *(Home Office crest)* Home Office Asylum Consequences of Behaviour **In the UK, both people must say 'yes' to sex. This is called consent.** If you have sex with someone who does not want to, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime. It is still rape if: • you are married to the person or in a relationship • they agreed once, but changed their mind ⚠ If you have sex without consent, you could go to prison. This **will** affect your asylum claim. 🛡 If you have been raped, you can get help. You will be treated with respect. Getting help will not negatively affect your asylum claim. ☎ Rape Crisis England and Wales: **0808 500 222** Rape Crisis Scotland: **08088 01 03 02** Rape Crisis Northern Ireland: **0800 0246 991** In an emergency, always call **999** --- **Right brochure:** *(Home Office crest)* Home Office **Child abuse is a serious crime in the UK** Child abuse is against the law. You must never: • physically hurt a child • shout at or threaten a child • have sex or sexual contact with a child under 16 • leave a child alone without an adult • deny a child food, clothes, shelter or care • cut or harm a girl's genitals (known as female genital mutilation) ⚠ If you break these rules, you could be arrested by the police and sent to prison. This could affect your asylum claim. 🛡 Worried about a child? Speak to staff at your accommodation or call NSPCC on **0808 800 5000** ☎ If a child is in danger now, call **999** Reporting a concern will not affect your asylum claim.
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Verdict High Trust Mostly Accurate – genuine primary documents, with framing and minor detail caveats

The screenshot's core assertion is substantiated: the UK Home Office did publish behavioural guidance and accompanying posters for people seeking asylum, including a consent/rape poster and a child abuse poster whose wording matches the transcribed text closely.

✓ 9 checks out ✕ 0 disputed ? 5 unverified
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The screenshot's core assertion is substantiated: the UK Home Office did publish behavioural guidance and accompanying posters for people seeking asylum, including a consent/rape poster and a child abuse poster whose wording matches the transcribed text closely. The nine-page booklet, 'Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers', was published on 19 August 2026 and sits within a GOV.UK collection ('Resources for asylum seekers in the UK') that also contains standalone posters on consent, age of consent, child abuse, domestic abuse, harassment and gender equality. Verbatim poster text quoted by IBTimes UK ('In the UK, both people must say "yes" to sex... It is still rape if: you are married to the person or in a relationship; they agreed once, but changed their mind') is an exact match for the left-hand leaflet in the image, and the child abuse poster wording (physical harm, shouting/threats, sexual contact with under-16s, neglect, FGM) is corroborated by GB News, LifeSite and Brussels Signal. Deductions apply for three reasons: (1) the tweet says the materials are being 'given out' to 'new migrants', whereas the verified position is that they are published online for people seeking asylum and reproduced as posters intended for asylum accommodation — the precise mode and scale of physical distribution is not confirmed by a primary source; (2) the Rape Crisis England and Wales number in the extracted text ('0808 500 222') is one digit short of the charity's published 24/7 line, 0808 500 2222, most plausibly an OCR/transcription artefact rather than an error on the poster; (3) the post omits contextual material present in the same documents, notably that the resources also tell victims how to get help and state that reporting will not harm an asylum claim, and that the guidance restates existing UK criminal law rather than creating new rules.

What checked out (9)
  • The UK Home Office published guidance for people seeking asylum: a nine-page booklet titled 'Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers', published 19 August 2026 (GOV.UK; corroborated by Yahoo News/PA, IBTimes UK, Brussels Signal, UK Fact Check).
  • Standalone Home Office posters exist on GOV.UK for people seeking asylum, including 'Consent: support for asylum seekers', 'Age of consent: support for asylum seekers' and 'Child abuse: support for asylum seekers', within the collection 'Resources for asylum seekers in the UK'.
  • The consent poster text in the image matches wording independently quoted by IBTimes UK: 'In the UK, both people must say "yes" to sex. This is called consent... It is still rape if: you are married to the person or in a relationship; they agreed once, but changed their mind.'
  • The child abuse poster content described in the image (never physically hurt a child, never shout at or threaten a child, no sexual contact with a child under 16, do not leave a child alone, do not deny food/clothes/shelter/care, no female genital mutilation) is corroborated by GB News, LifeSite News and The Expose, and is consistent with the related GOV.UK leaflet 'Keeping children safe in the UK'.
  • The NSPCC helpline number shown (0808 800 5000) is the charity's correct published helpline number.
  • The Rape Crisis Northern Ireland number shown (0800 0246 991) is the correct published Information & Support Line.
  • The Rape Crisis Scotland number shown (08088 01 03 02) is the correct published national helpline number.
  • The materials are politically contested: shadow home secretary Chris Philp criticised them, Reform UK figures including Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf condemned them, while a Home Office spokesperson said everyone in the UK is expected to abide by British law and that those who do not will face consequences including refusal of their asylum claim and removal.
  • The 'End Wokeness' post reproduced in the screenshot exists on X at https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2090161211941757414 and carries the quoted caption.
? Unverified claims 5 claims ⌄
  • That the materials are physically 'given out' as brochures to individual arrivals: reporting describes online publication plus posters 'presumably' for display in asylum accommodation (Daily Sceptic); no primary Home Office document confirming the distribution mechanism, print run or locations was located.
  • The exact Rape Crisis England and Wales number printed on the actual poster: the extracted text reads '0808 500 222', while the charity's published 24/7 Support Line is 0808 500 2222. This is most likely an image-extraction truncation, but the poster PDF itself was not directly inspected, so the discrepancy is recorded as unverified rather than as an error by either party.
  • That the audience is 'new migrants' generally: the verified materials are addressed to people seeking asylum, not to all migrants (e.g. work, study or family visa holders); whether any equivalent material is issued to other migrant cohorts is unconfirmed.
  • The stated policy trigger or rationale for issuing the materials at this time (e.g. any link to specific incidents) is not confirmed by a primary source.
  • Whether the posters shown in the screenshot are the current, unaltered versions of the published PDFs (the images were not compared pixel-for-pixel with the GOV.UK files).
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Confidence

High (0.86) on authenticity of the leaflets; Moderate on distribution specifics — Confidence is high because the decisive claim — that these are real Home Office materials for people seeking asylum — is confirmed by named primary GOV.UK publication pages for the exact poster titles, reinforced by an independent fact-check and by wire-derived reporting carrying verbatim text that matches the image. Confidence is reduced from very high because the poster PDFs were not directly rendered for pixel-level comparison, the mode and scale of physical distribution implied by 'giving out' rests on secondary characterisation rather than a primary Home Office operational document, and one helpline number in the extracted text differs by a digit from the charity's published line, which cannot be resolved without inspecting the original file. All unresolved items were marked Unverified rather than False in line with the stated guardrails.

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**Image context:** A screenshot of a post on X (Twitter) from the account "End Wokeness," showing two UK Home Office informational leaflets/posters aimed at asylum seekers. The left leaflet illustrates a distressed person sitting on a bed with another person facing away; the right leaflet shows an angry adult pointing at a child. --- **Tweet header:** End Wokeness ✔ @EndWokeness X.com *(Profile picture: circular logo with a bearded man and American flag, text around the edge reading "I SUPPORT THE FORMER THINGS")* **Tweet body:** The UK is giving out these brochures to help new migrants adjust I wish this was satire, but it's real --- **Left brochure:** *(Home Office crest)* Home Office Asylum Consequences of Behaviour **In the UK, both people must say 'yes' to sex. This is called consent.** If you have sex with someone who does not want to, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime. It is still rape if: • you are married to the person or in a relationship • they agreed once, but changed their mind ⚠ If you have sex without consent, you could go to prison. This **will** affect your asylum claim. 🛡 If you have been raped, you can get help. You will be treated with respect. Getting help will not negatively affect your asylum claim. ☎ Rape Crisis England and Wales: **0808 500 222** Rape Crisis Scotland: **08088 01 03 02** Rape Crisis Northern Ireland: **0800 0246 991** In an emergency, always call **999** --- **Right brochure:** *(Home Office crest)* Home Office **Child abuse is a serious crime in the UK** Child abuse is against the law. You must never: • physically hurt a child • shout at or threaten a child • have sex or sexual contact with a child under 16 • leave a child alone without an adult • deny a child food, clothes, shelter or care • cut or harm a girl's genitals (known as female genital mutilation) ⚠ If you break these rules, you could be arrested by the police and sent to prison. This could affect your asylum claim. 🛡 Worried about a child? Speak to staff at your accommodation or call NSPCC on **0808 800 5000** ☎ If a child is in danger now, call **999** Reporting a concern will not affect your asylum claim.

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