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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Does Suella Braverman have evidence to link boat arrivals to crime?

Suella Braverman meets police recruits
Suella Braverman said ‘we are seeing heightened levels of criminality when related to the people who’ve come on boats’. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Is there evidence for Suella Braverman’s claims of “heightened criminality” among boat arrivals?

In a morning round of interviews, the home secretary once again created news by making the kind of claim about migrants that was once seen as racially incendiary, but is fast becoming the norm among Home Office ministers.

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