Facebook page Rangla Punjab shared the viral video on March 3, 2025, writing, "Ship Sank With Illegal Migrants On Dunki Route"
Video Of Ship Sinking Has No Relation With Illegal Migrants- Fact Check Report
Claim: A video is going viral on social media in which a ship full of people can be seen sinking. Now it is being claimed that all the people on board the ship were illegal migrants who were on "Dunki Route".
Facebook page Rangla Punjab shared the viral video on March 3, 2025, writing, "Ship Sank With Illegal Migrants On Dunki Route"
https://www.facebook.com/reel/949298327239338
Spokesman has found the viral claim misleading in its investigation. This video is not recent but old and no media report has described the drowning people as illegal migrants.
Investigation
Starting the investigation, we first extracted the keyframes of this video and did a reverse image search on them.
Old Video And No Illegal Migrants
We found several official reports on this matter. According to an October 2024 report by Al Jazeera, this incident is from Republic Of Congo. The report does not mention anywhere that people who drowned were illegal migrants on Dunki Route.
https://youtube.com/shorts/mC2XusTzid8?feature=shared
The Reuters report on this matter can be read in detail by clicking here. According to the report, 78 people lost their lives in this accident.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/around-23-bodies-recovered-following-boat-accident-congos-lake-kivu-2024-10-03/
Conclusion: Spokesman has found the viral claim misleading in its investigation. This video is not recent but old and no media report has described the drowning people as illegal migrants.
