'We’re exhibiting a callousness in government that I don’t think reflects the soul of this country and the nature of the people in this country.'
unveiled the plan in April, which will see anyone who arrived by so-called illegal means to the UK – particularly via the English Channel – flown one-way from the UK to the African country to start new lives there.Emma, who has long spoken out on a number of political issues, was asked about the scheme in an interview with Sky News’ Beth Rigby on Thursday, where the British actor said it did not reflect the “soul of this country” and the people in it.
Emma, who adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba when he was 16 after he fled Rwanda, continued: “I understand that a lot of refugees will be thinking, ‘all the Ukranians are white and this kind of welcome wasn’t given to Syrian refugees when the same sort of thing was happening in Aleppo’, and I understand that too. But at the same time, there’s been a huge compassionate opening of British people.
“This is a very, very complex issue, but the movement of peoples, not only due to war but climate change, is going one of the biggest issues of our time, and certainly the 21st century. So we’d better start getting our minds round how people need to move and we will have to accept that.”Watch the full Beth Rigby interview with Emma Thompson and Good Luck to You Leo Grande co-star Darryl McCormack below...
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