Suella Braverman

SUELLA Braverman has refused to apologise to a Holocaust survivor who said her description of migrants as an 'invasion' was akin to language the Nazis used ...

‘There is a huge problem that we have right now when it comes to illegal migration, the scale of which we have not known before,’ Ms Braverman said. Born Fanny Zimetbaum in Brussels in 1940 to Polish Jewish parents, Ms Salter was three months old when Belgium was invaded by the Nazis. A spokesperson added: ‘The video has been heavily edited and doesn’t reflect the full exchange.’ She added her parents ‘owe everything’ to Britain and no politician should ‘shy away’ from discussing the illegal immigration ‘problem’. Why do you find the need to use that kind of language?’ [Freedom From Torture](https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/), Ms Salter said: ‘I am a child survivor of the Holocaust.

Ms Salter was three months old when her Polish Jewish family was forced to flee the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940.

Sonya Sceats, chief executive at Freedom from Torture, said: “It is not surprising that the Home Office is pressuring us to remove this video. “She was there with her own crowd who think she’s wonderful. The Home Secretary also expressed her sympathy and set out why it is important to tackle illegal migration. “But I was a bit surprised she didn’t apologise because she got flack [for the comments] even from her own party.” “The Home Secretary listened carefully to the testimony,” the Home Office said. In response, the Home Secretary said she “won’t apologise” for her comments which she said were necessary to “demonstrate the scale” of the refugee “problem” – but also cited her own parents’ journey to the UK from Kenya and Mauritius in the 1960s.

THE Home Office has asked charity Freedom from Torture to remove a video showing UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman telling a Holocaust survivor…

Following the invasion, she escaped to France with her mother and sister before being taken by the Red Cross to the US in 1943. Sonya Sceats, Chief Executive at Freedom from Torture, said: "It is not surprising that the Home Office is pressuring us to remove this video. “The Home Secretary listened carefully to the testimony. Hearing powerful politicians describing human beings as “swarms” reminds me of what I fled in the 1940s. “There is a huge problem that we have right now when it comes to illegal migration, the scale of which we have not known before. Words have consequences: rather than fuelling hatred towards refugees, this government should ensure this country remains a place of sanctuary for those in need.” Salter was born Fanny Zimetbaum in Brussels in 1940 to Polish Jewish parents. I’m not going to shy away from difficult truths nor am I going to conceal what is the reality that we are all watching.” “The Home Secretary attended an event last night and took questions, including on immigration policy. The video has been heavily edited and doesn’t reflect the full exchange. The Home Secretary also expressed her sympathy and set out why it is important to tackle illegal migration. THE Home Office has asked charity Freedom from Torture to remove a video showing UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman telling a Holocaust survivor that she “won’t apologise” for describing refugees as “swarms” and “an invasion”.

The charity Freedom from Torture is under fire for uploading a 'heavily edited' exchange concerning immigration policy.

Responding to the Home Office’s request for the video to be taken down, the charity then tweeted: The video then cuts to Ms Braverman saying: “I won’t apologise for the language that I’ve used to demonstrate the scale of the problem.” In the video, Joan Salter, 83, is shown questioning Ms Braverman on Friday night about her use of the word “invasion” to describe migrants crossing the Channel.

Suella Braverman, the home secretary who resigned from Liz Truss' government over breaching the ministerial code before being all too happy to return to the ...

“The home secretary listened carefully to the testimony. If you can’t even hear the cries from history, what chance do you have of building a nation based on decency and humanity for the future?” [wrote](https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1614225467221094400?s=20&t=JLJ1T0p61YrJvXISs8eiVw): “This is gross. The home secretary also expressed her sympathy and set out why it is important to tackle illegal migration. I will not shy away from saying we have a problem with people exploiting our generosity, breaking our laws and undermining our system.” But it doesn’t mean we don’t have a problem?’ A completely normal response – one to which Twitter users have replied saying she “still said those words”, that the Home Office’s statement is “also an edited version” of events, and asked the department to “point to the part of the exchange where the home secretary didn’t refuse to apologise”. Utterly gross. [said](https://twitter.com/MrJohnNicolson/status/1614261674210656257?s=20&t=JLJ1T0p61YrJvXISs8eiVw) Ms Braverman’s response “shows a cruel cham of coldness where empathy should be”. [shared by the charity Freedom from Torture](https://twitter.com/FreefromTorture/status/1614172335921303554?s=20&t=JLJ1T0p61YrJvXISs8eiVw), she said: “We mustn’t shy away from saying there’s a problem. [accused of “putting lives at risk”](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/suella-braverman-migrant-crisis-invasion-b2215370.html) with claims of a “migrant invasion” – especially given there was [a firebomb attack on a Dover immigration centre](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dover-immigration-firebomb-attack-terrorist-b2218370.html) the day before. A pretty powerful testimony from someone who has experienced the horrors of war, and yet Ms Braverman responded by saying she “won’t apologise for the language that I’ve used” to “demonstrate the scale of the problem” around immigration.

Freedom From Torture posted a minute-long clip of Suella Braverman's exchange with Joan Salter at a meeting in Fareham, Hampshire, on Friday evening.

“I won’t apologise for the language that I have used to demonstrate the scale of the problem.” The Home Secretary thanked Ms Salter for her question, and said she “shared a huge amount of concern and sympathy” over the “challenge” of illegal immigration, adding that her own parents were not born in Britain. Ms Salter, who fled to the UK from Belgium, asked Ms Braverman why she described migrants as “an invasion”, which she said was reminiscent of “the language used to dehumanise and justify the murder of my family and millions of others” in the 1940s.

Joan Salter says the home secretary's immigration rhetoric reminds her of language used by the Nazis.

"I won't apologise for the language that I have used to demonstrate the scale of the problem." Ms Braverman thanked Ms Slater for her question and said she "shared a huge amount of concern and sympathy" over the "challenge" of illegal immigration. But Ms Braverman said her language demonstrated the "scale of the problem" with illegal migration.

SUELLA Braverman has refused to apologise to a Holocaust survivor who said her description of migrants as an 'invasion' was akin to language the Nazis used ...

‘There is a huge problem that we have right now when it comes to illegal migration, the scale of which we have not known before,’ Ms Braverman said. Born Fanny Zimetbaum in Brussels in 1940 to Polish Jewish parents, Ms Salter was three months old when Belgium was invaded by the Nazis. A spokesperson added: ‘The video has been heavily edited and doesn’t reflect the full exchange.’ She added her parents ‘owe everything’ to Britain and no politician should ‘shy away’ from discussing the illegal immigration ‘problem’. Why do you find the need to use that kind of language?’ [Freedom From Torture](https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/), Ms Salter said: ‘I am a child survivor of the Holocaust.

Ms Salter said her description of refugees as an "invasion" reminded her of the language used by the Nazis to justify murdering her family. The pensioner has ...

Born Fanny Zimetbaum in Brussels in 1940 to Polish Jewish parents, Ms Salter was three months old when Belgium was invaded by the Nazis. "There is a huge problem that we have right now when it comes to illegal migration, the scale of which we have not known before. I'm not going to shy away from difficult truths nor am I going to conceal what is the reality that we are all watching." Speaking about her own parents, Ms Braverman said: "They owe everything to this country and they have taught me a deep and profound love of Britain and British people. In footage of the exchange, provided by the charity Freedom From Torture, Ms Salter said: "I am a child survivor of the Holocaust. Why do you find the need to use that kind of language?"