Gary Lineker sparks BBC impartiality row with migration policy comments
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGary Lineker has sparked a BBC impartiality row after branding the Tories' latest plan to imprison asylum seekers entering the UK as 'beyond awful' in a post on social media.
Home secretary Suella Braverman announced the plans to the House of Commons on Tuesday (March 7), stating that asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats will be detained without the possibility of bail.
She was joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as she formally unveiled the plans to remove and ban asylum seekers from re-entry if they arrive in the UK through unauthorised means. READ MORE Police are 'concerned' for woman last seen in Manchester city centre almost a week ago BBC Sport presenter Lineker, who welcomed a second refugee into his Surrey home in October last year, has since criticised the move, retweeting a video of Ms Braverman claiming that "Enough is enough.
We must stop the boats" with the words "Good heavens, this is beyond awful". He went on to compare the government's new migration policy to the tactics of Nazi Germany in another tweet.
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