Royal Parks Denies Farage’s Claim That Migrants Are Eating Swans

Is there evidence for Nigel Farage’s claim that migrants are catching and eating swans and carp? – Full Fact

With several related claims and video clips circulating on social media in the wake of the Reform UK leader’s comments, we’ve looked at what’s known.

The dark history of myths about immigrants eating swans and pets

The Royal Parks and RSPCA have dismissed Nigel Farage’s claim that migrants are killing and eating swans.The Reform UK leader suggested that swans are being stolen and eaten by “people who come from countries where that’s quite acceptable” in an interview on LBC. He was echoing Donald Trump’s baseless allegation last year that illegal immigrants from Haiti were eating domestic pets in Ohio.Old legendsDubious and sensational claims about which an…

No, Nigel Farage: Eastern Europeans like me aren't eating swans

Brits were asked to imagine Eastern Europeans stalking Hyde Park by moonlight, stuffing swans into shopping bags. Nigel Farage suggested so

Nigel Farage falsely accuses immigrants of eating swans from parks

Nigel Farage has been condemned for peddling false information and “wild conspiracy theories” after he accused Romanians in Britain of eating swans in parks across the country in his latest attack on immigrants.

Royal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in the UK

The Reform leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them.

Fact check: Nigel Farage claims migrants eating swans from Royal Parks

We fact checked Nigel Farage's claim that eastern European immigrants are eating swans from Royal Parks