Suella Braverman’s incendiary rhetoric is truly shameful

‘The contrast between the government’s hostility to asylum seekers and the Kindertransport feels stark.’ Children inside the Manston immigration centre in Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

In 1938, a report in the Daily Mail began by quoting approvingly a magistrate who had condemned “the way stateless Jews from Germany are pouring in from every port of this country”. For many British Jews, Suella Braverman’s shameful labelling of those fleeing conflict and torture in 2022 as an “invasion” sadly feels all too familiar (‘Invasion’ of the UK? Experts dubious of Suella Braverman’s claim, 1 November).

There can be no justification for a member of the government using such incendiary words. Amid the context of the appalling attack on a migrant centre in Dover last weekend, these comments are particularly irresponsible.