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August 12, 2016

IPSO rejects complaint against Telegraph over story which said ‘open borders allow Isil sleeper cells into UK’

By Dominic Ponsford

A complaint by anti-Brexit website InFacts against the Daily Telegraph has been rejected by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.

The fact-checking group complained over an article headlined: “Open borders allow Isil sleeper cells into Europe and UK capable of carrying out Paris-style attacks, warns US spy chief”, published on 27 April 2016.

It reported that James Clapper, the US Director of National Intelligence, had warned that “open borders across Europe have allowed Isil to plant sleeper cells in the UK”.

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