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Reform UK MP claims small boat asylum seekers are "wealthy men"

Reform UK MP claims small boat asylum seekers are "wealthy men"

Reform UK MP Danny Kruger stated that asylum seekers arriving on small boats were "wealthy men" undeserving of British state assistance. He argued their ability to pay thousands to people smugglers makes them comparatively well-off. Kruger's assertion was promptly rejected as false by organisations such as the JCWI.

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