{"id":5839,"date":"2020-08-18T06:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T05:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T14:48:27","slug":"priti-patels-migrant-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/priti-patels-migrant-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Priti Patel’s migrant conference call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary, could have ignited tensions with France during a conference call<\/a> about migrants illegally entering the UK.<\/p>\n

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What did Home Secretary say on her conference call?<\/h2>\n

If certain outlets are to be believed, the UK is currently in the midst of an illegal migrant crisis, with record numbers undertaking a dangerous channel crossing to seek asylum in the UK.<\/p>\n

And Priti Patel gave a pretty incendiary assessment of why she thinks hundreds are risking their lives to enter the UK each week – not because the UK is a great place to live, not even because the UK can offer a safe haven, but because France is a\u00a0\u201cracist country\u201d where they may be \u201ctortured\u201d.<\/p>\n

Patel gave this stunning assessment in a conference call with fellow Conservative MPs.<\/p>\n

The party has been quick to distance both itself, and Patel, from the comments by asserting that the Home Secretary had made clear these were not her personal views, but one of several factors that have led to so many migrants risking their lives by crossing the world’s busiest shipping lane in overcrowded boats not fit for such a crossing.<\/p>\n

Does the Home Secretary think France is racist?<\/h2>\n

One MP who was on the call, but would like to remain nameless, said:\u00a0\u201cPriti was asked why the migrants are so desperate to leave France and come here. She told us some believe racism to be an issue.They claim they feel discriminated against when, for example, looking for work in France. Others claimed they feared being tortured if they stayed in France or Germany.<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cPriti stressed that she didn\u2019t believe any of this to be true. She was merely trying to explain the pull factors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another unnamed MP, on the other hand, felt that Patel did believe France was essentially a racist country, and they themselves believe France to be more racist that the UK, when she said: \u201cShe was calling them racist and she is right. They are more racist than us.”<\/p>\n

All of which is a bit crass, racism is unacceptable at any level, and this isn’t a contest over who is the least racist – I dread to think what the French are calling for when you have people in the UK calling for boats of innocent people to be blown out of the water.<\/p>\n

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They should be sunk. Future would-be migrants would get the message quite quickly. Same goes for the Mediterranean.
\nIt\u2019s less immoral to sink those boats, than it is to allow one\u2019s country to be invaded.<\/p>\n

\u2014 It\u2019s okay to be Anglo (@joet7510743) August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n