Priti Patel: BBC has displayed ‘undercurrent’ of xenophobia over Rwanda deal

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Priti Patel: BBC has displayed ‘undercurrent’ of xenophobia over Rwanda deal
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The Home Secretary said she identified “undercurrents” in comments from BBC journalists and MPs

But Ms Patel told The Sunday Telegraph: “I was in Parliament on Tuesday, and there are undercurrents, if I may say so, of just sheer xenophobia, which I think is absolutely appalling... For others, who speak in disparaging, belittling and prejudicial, ignorant ways about a country that is our partner, quite frankly [it] is offensive, but I think also based on ignorance as well.”

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