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Stand with refugees – don’t let racism or the far right divide us 
Racism has become the common language of governments attempting to deflect criticism from mishandling of everything from the Covid-19 pandemic to economic and environmental crises, says WEYMAN BENNETT
SCAPEGOATS: Migrants desperate to reach England from France cross the Channel in a small boat, August 2021

SUELLA BRAVERMAN’S “invasion” speech was no off-the-cuff statement. It happened the day after a far-right inspired attacker threw a petrol bomb at a migrant centre in Dover and, as we now know, following warnings to government that hate speech could lead to exactly this kind of terror attack.

In the face of the biggest cost-of-living crisis for around 100 years, it seems that divide-and-rule racism is the go-to strategy not just for the British government but for many others around the world.

Braverman previously spoke of her “dream” of front pages showing pictures of detention flights to Rwanda. 

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