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Not Newsthump: Cartoons painted over at children's asylum centre because they're too nice [View all]
Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children’s asylum centre
Murals of cartoon characters including Mickey Mouse and Baloo from The Jungle Book painted on the walls of an asylum seeker reception centre to welcome children have been removed on the orders of the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick.
The murals were painted over because he thought they were too welcoming and sent the wrong message.
Staff at the reception centre for small boats arrivals in Kent were horrified by the order, and opposed to painting over the murals.
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The Kent intake unit (KIU) is a reception centre for unaccompanied child asylum seekers. Some of the lone children arriving in the UK are as young as nine, the Home Office recently disclosed. Jenrick issued the instruction to paint over the mural in April.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/07/robert-jenrick-has-cartoon-murals-painted-over-at-childrens-asylum-centre
Murals of cartoon characters including Mickey Mouse and Baloo from The Jungle Book painted on the walls of an asylum seeker reception centre to welcome children have been removed on the orders of the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick.
The murals were painted over because he thought they were too welcoming and sent the wrong message.
Staff at the reception centre for small boats arrivals in Kent were horrified by the order, and opposed to painting over the murals.
...
The Kent intake unit (KIU) is a reception centre for unaccompanied child asylum seekers. Some of the lone children arriving in the UK are as young as nine, the Home Office recently disclosed. Jenrick issued the instruction to paint over the mural in April.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/07/robert-jenrick-has-cartoon-murals-painted-over-at-childrens-asylum-centre
"Sent the wrong message" - as more than one comment in the article says, it's absurd to suggest that the decoration in a reception centre "sends a message" to anyone, child or adult, when they're deciding whether to risk a child's life in a crossing.
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