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July 1, 2016

Sun and Daily Mail amend story about refugee group spending £100,000 on day-trips after IPSO complaints

By Freddy Mayhew

The Sun and the Daily Mail have corrected articles which claimed an oprganisation spent £100,000 of public money on days out for refugees.

The Hillingdon Refugee Support Group complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation over reports in the Sun and Daily Mail, claiming they were inaccurate, discriminatory, gained through harassment and didn’t give the group the opportunity to reply.

In both cases, the articles stated that the group had spent £100,000 of public money on trips for members of the group, including going to the seaside and theme parks, accompanied by photos of the group on outings.

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