“On average, the public thinks asylum seekers make up a third of total immigration. The more sceptical about migration they are, the higher the percentage they think it is. People who hold liberal views on immigration think asylum seekers make up 19% of the total. People who hold critical views of immigration think they make up 47%. They’re all wrong, although needless to say the anti-immigration lot are most wrong of all. The actual figure is seven per cent.
More than five times as many people come to the UK to study each year than claim asylum. But the public thinks there are twice as many asylum seekers as international students.
Whichever way you look at it, that is a failure of journalism. Politicians must take some responsibility too, of course, but it’s basically their job to lie to the public”
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-and-his-mortifying-dimwit