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An Amnesty International campaigner, wearing a Priti Patel mask, tears up a ‘Refugees Welcome’ placard opposite Parliament in London
PRITI PATEL’S plans to impose visa sanctions on countries if they refuse to accept deportees from Britain will lead to “more discrimination against black and brown people” a charity warned today.
It comes as reports suggest the Home Secretary is planning on drawing up a “league table” of nations based on their co-operation with Britain’s deportation regime.
This table will be used in negotiations with countries to press them into accepting a returns agreement with the British government, according to The Times.
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Government accused of scapegoating ethnic minorities after Home Office reveals plan to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals