Minister Defends Sunak Language on Migrants After Rome Speech

Published on December 17, 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “absolutely right” to warn that illegal migration could “overwhelm” European states, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has said. Mr. Sunak used a gathering of Italian conservatives and right-wingers in Rome to issue a stark warning of the threat posed by illegal migration as he suggested that changes to global refugee rules might be needed. The comments, to members of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party, raised questions once again about the type of language used by top Conservatives to describe migrants. In October, former home secretary Suella Braverman drew criticism after she warned that a “hurricane” of mass migration is coming....

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