How to lie by telling the truth

Caroline Flint in Parliament:

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what EU job centres are based in non-EU states; what the expected total projected costs of these offices is for 2009; and whether there are any plans to open more such offices. [258914]

Caroline Flint: There are no EU job centres in non-EU states, and there are no plans to open any such offices.

And she’s quite right but extraordinarily misleading. For:

CIGEM is not an EU Job Centre but a Migration Information and Management Centre, funded through resources under the ninth European Development Fund.

There are no EU job centres, they’re called Migration Information and Management Centres.

H/T Dizzy.