'We must all fight this vile rhetoric together'

RYLAN absolutely has the right to his opinion. I would no more seek to delegitimise his voice than my own. But what he, Iall of us on big platforms have to do - is get it right.

- DARREN LEWIS

"You can be pro-immigration and against illegal routes," he tweeted as part of a longer defence. No, Rylan: there are no legal routes.

The Tory Party closed them off to everyone bar Ukrainians three years ago with the Nationality and Borders Act. Nor is there any crime - thanks to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention - in risking your life to claim asylum here or anywhere else.

The number of hotels accommodating asylum seekers has fallen from 400 in 2023 to just over 200 in 2025.