Braverman policies are ‘heartless’, says ex-Home Office adviser Nimco Ali

Nimco Ali, a child refugee from Somaliland, previously advised the government on violence against women. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Suella Braverman should consider her position for putting forward “cruel and heartless” immigration policies that discriminate against war refugees of colour, a former Home Office adviser has said.

Nimco Ali, a one-time Conservative campaigner who in December left her job as an adviser on violence against women, said the home secretary was “the wrong person not just for the Conservative party but for the country”.