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Director of Migrant Voice Nazek Ramadan says the government’s housing of migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge is “another PR stunt”. She calls the move an “accident waiting to happen” and “another way to exploit a vulnerable group for political gains.”
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00:00 For us it's really another PR stunt, another gimmick by the government, who is not serious
00:05 about addressing the real issues, who is not serious about coming up with a solution and
00:12 try to scapegoat migrants, to divert attention from other issues.
00:17 And you know, we're heading towards election, we know why migrants are being used again
00:23 to win votes.
00:25 And we just need to remind people who stunt seekers are, they're people like you and I,
00:30 who had homes and families and lives and jobs and careers and they were forced to leave
00:35 their homes because of war or persecution.
00:38 And they come to our country asking us for protection.
00:42 And this is not the right way to treat people.
00:44 It's another attempt from the government to stop offering protection to people seeking
00:50 protection.
00:52 To try to get out of the United Convention for the Protection of Refugees and other international
00:58 conventions and to create its own rules.
01:00 It's really the end of protection as we know it in the UK.
01:04 This is the end of us in the UK offering protection to people fleeing safety, fleeing for their
01:09 safety, fleeing wars and persecution.
01:11 You know, it's an accident, isn't it, waiting to happen?
01:15 And it's just, it's beyond us.
01:17 We just don't understand why would the government want to go ahead against the advice of people
01:23 like the fire brigade.
01:24 And just remember the fire brigade, they're not only worried, concerned about the health
01:27 and safety of the stunt seekers who are going to be placed there.
01:31 They are worried about their own stuff because it's also unsafe for the officials to go inside
01:37 to address any emergency.
01:40 So I think it's just beyond us.
01:41 That's why I said this is PR stunt.
01:43 I mean, it's not safe and it's another way to show, to use, exploit, you know, vulnerable
01:52 group for political gains.

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