Photoshopped Braverman outside Auschwitz image branded ‘utterly disgraceful’
An image of Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughing while in Rwanda to promote her migration deal sparks outrage after being photoshopped onto a photo of the Auschwitz death camp
A photograph of Home Secretary Suella Braverman photoshopped onto an image of the railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz death camp has been branded “utterly disgraceful” by a senior politician.
Braverman had been pictured laughing during a two-day visit to Rwanda in front of buildings set to be used as a refugee detention centre.
But the image, which was widely circulated on social media over the weekend, was subsequently superimposed and used in a spoof image against shared online which featured the home secretary in front of the Nazi death camp.
Former Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron was amongst those to condemn the image tweeting:”I’m incandescent at the Home Secretary’s witless and wicked policies on asylum – but to liken them to the Holocaust, or to tweet photoshopped pictures of her with a backdrop of Auschwitz, is utterly disgraceful and completely undermines your case.”
Ex-Labour MP Mike Gapes also tweeted:”I am not going to retweet the image. But I am sickened by those who are comparing Cruella Bravermanvisit to detention facilities in Rwanda to visiting Auschwitz. The Tories may be incompetent liars who act unlawfully- but they are not Nazis.”
The photograph was eventually deleted from Twitter following widespread outrage over the weekend. One account that shared it, but subsequently deleted the image said “the Tories” should be held responsible, adding they would compare the government’s “rhetoric to that of early 1930s Germany.”
Braverman had visited Rwanda in an attempt to change perceptions about her much criticised agreement with the African state to deport migrants from the UK.
She claimed the deal offers a “blessing” for migrants arriving on small boats to rebuild their lives.
The UK government has been in negotiations with the European Court of Human Rights in recent days to try to limit the chance of flights out to Rwanda being challenged by lawyers.
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