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has refused to apologise for ordering the removal of a Mickey Mouse mural from an asylum centre because it was too welcoming for children.However, in August last year he told LBC: “The change was the right one and I fundamentally believe that you don’t judge the compassion of our system by the decoration of a centre where they first arrive.
But the presenter told him: “That’s nothing to do with the Mickey Mouse mural though, is it? I mean if you’re a 25-year-old pretending to be 18, it’s not going to make a difference to you if there’s Mickey Mouse greeting you or not, is it?Jenrick said: “All I can is I would never do anything other than try to support children in a compassionate manner, and my record speaks to that.”
Asked if he was “sorry” for having the mural painted over, the MP said: “It’s not something I would do again.”Jenrick replied: “You’re asking me this over and over again. The substantive question here is how do we actually treat unaccompanied children when they come into our country, and the reforms that I did as a minister meant that they were treated in an immeasurably better manner than before I was a minister.
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