Labour MP: Boys Being Raped at Migrant Hotel ‘Is What Happens When You Demonise Migrants’

Labour heavyweight Diane Abbott MP says the alleged rape of a teenage boy at a hotel hosting migrants at the taxpayers’ expense “is what happens when you demonise migrants” and appeared to blame Home Secretary Suella Braverman for the attack.

The veteran politician, who was Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary until 2020 and currently serves on the Home Affairs and Justice select committees of the House of Commons, made the comments on social media following reports of the alleged rape, which has seen a 30-year-old suspect charged, and a separate alleged sexual assault on a child under the age of 13, which has seen a suspect “believed” to be 17 charged, at a hotel hosting migrants.

“Teenage boy raped at hotel housing refugees. Terrible case. But it is what happens when you demonise migrants and take NO responsibility for safeguarding migrant children,” declared the 69-year-old, not explaining how exactly “demonising migrants” would prompt the raping of minors, but adding the hashtag #SuellaBravermanOut and a picture of the Home Secretary to make it clear who she holds responsible for the alleged attack.

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