A REFUGEE speech was interrupted by a man shouting ‘don’t you know the borders have closed’?
Brighton and Hove City Council leader Warren Morgan said the man came up behind him as he addressed a crowd to mark the end of Refugee Week and confirm the authority planned to take in 10 more children fleeing conflict.
In his blog he said this was clearly a reference to the referendum where the motivation for many votes was immigration.
He said: “Many people have, in the hours since the result, spoken of their fears, of the open abuse, of the uncertainty about their place in this country that they are now experiencing. This cannot be our future; one built on the prejudices of the past. Not here.
“Brighton and Hove is an international city, facing the European continent across the narrow Channel that separates us physically if not culturally or economically from mainland Europe.
“I send out a clear message today that you are just as welcome tomorrow as you were yesterday.”
He made it clear he felt most Leave voters were not racist.
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