Presenter, Allison Hammond, has criticised the newly-announced government policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after noting the UK has ‘invited in’ Ukrainian refugees.
But they soon got into some tougher subjects, as they discussed the biggest news stories with Matthew Wright and ITV News’ Anushka Asthana.send asylum seekers who cross the English Channel to RwandaWhile chatting about the policy with the pair, Alison shared why she believed there are ‘racial undertones’ in the newly-announced policy.
Hundreds of thousands of UK citizens have volunteered to take in those left fleeing the war in Ukraine,Mr Hancock is housing one of his constituents’ family from Ukraine – her mother, two sisters, niece, nephew and his partner, along with her nephew’s grandmother. Anushka added: ‘That clearly is the case that the only safe routes that exist, exist for a few countries. Ukraine, of course, and some people from Afghanistan as well.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted the plan to detain and fly migrants more than 4,000 miles to East Africa at the taxpayer’s expense is not ‘draconian and lacking in compassion’.
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