Labour Condemned Over TikTok Account Posting 'Brutal' Deportation Footage |
Labour has been condemned over a new government TikTok account showing footage of immigrants being deported from the UK.
The “Secure Borders UK” account went live on Tuesday as new Home Office figures revealed nearly 50,000 people have been removed from the country since Labour came to power in July, 2024.
The first video showed border officials arresting men and women before putting them on aeroplanes, ending with the ominous message: “And it’s just getting started.”
A second similar video was posted later boasting: “Returns flights are removing illegal migrants from the UK at near record levels.”
Writing for HuffPost UK, former Green Party leader Carla Denyer said the account was “simply unforgivable”.
She said: “It will encourage the........