Lineker will be held accountable for his post, a BBC spokesperson told Sky News. The 62-year-old presenter “will be reminded of his responsibilities.” The broadcaster’s social media guidelines state, among other things, that BBC employees must be impartial.
Interior Minister Suella Braverman announced on Tuesday that the government wants illegal migrants to no longer be eligible for asylum. The intention is that these people are detained and then quickly deported to their country of origin or a third country such as Rwanda.
Lineker called that “appalling” on social media and an “immeasurably cruel policy aimed at the most vulnerable people.” According to him, it does not differ much from that of Germany in the 1930s.
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