Hegseth attacks Europe over migration
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The remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reflect many of the Trump administration’s previous assertions on immigrants in Europe, which overlap with the language of European far-right political parties.
Labour backbenchers claimed it mirrored language made by Suella Braverman, the former Conservative home secretary and now a Reform UK MP, who said in 2022 that a surge in small-boat Channel migrants should be viewed as an “invasion”.
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