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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Michael Savage

Sunak accused of toxic rhetoric after warning of ‘overwhelming’ migration to Europe

Giorgia Meloni welcoming Rishi Sunak in Rome on Saturday
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni welcoming Rishi Sunak in Rome on Saturday: an onlooker thought they had ‘good chemistry’. Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has been accused of adopting the “toxic” rhetoric of his former home secretary Suella Braverman, after he warned that migration would “overwhelm” European countries without firm action.

In remarks that will further inflame the Tory row over migration that has been raging for weeks, the prime minister said that “enemies” were “deliberately driving people to our shores to try to destabilise our society”.

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