What do the images of cramped dinghies in the Channel make you feel when you see them? More than 4,100 migrants and refugees have reached the UK this year so far in small boats, most of them arriving in Kent. Boris Johnson and his ministers, as well as Mr Farage, appear determined to amplify the role of traffickers. This week, the UK’s home secretary was singled out for praise by our most xenophobic national political figure, Mr Farage. Ms Patel, and more importantly her boss, Mr Johnson, a man who purports to venerate Winston Churchill and the postwar international order that was his legacy, should both be ashamed.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2020 17:48 UTC