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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political Correspondent

Shabana Mahmood dismisses White House’s ‘civilisational erasure’ claims

Shabana Mahmood passes a Christmas tree on the way into the BBC's Broadcasting House
Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg her Muslim faith guided her in public life. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

The US government’s claims that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” because of mass migration are an attempt to score political points against Muslims, the home secretary has suggested.

Shabana Mahmood dismissed the idea that European civilisation and national identities were under threat because of migration and said the UK had managed the challenges of multiculturalism “very well”.

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