Tory deputy chairman slammed for suggesting sending refugees to Orkney
Tory MP Lee Anderson
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CONSERVATIVE deputy chairman Lee Anderson was slammed today for suggesting sending refugees to Orkney after the failure of his party’s Rwanda scheme.
Speaking on right-wing entertainment channel GB News, Mr Anderson said people seeking refuge should be sent to the far-north archipelago while their claims were processed.
“If people are genuinely escaping war or persecution then a nice Scottish island with a few outbuildings would be suitable,” he said.
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE