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“Deportation is NOT a show, these are people’s lives”

The government's cruel handling of asylum seekers as a spectacle is deeply disturbing - deportation is NOT entertainment - these are people's lives

The UK government’s recent handling of asylum seekers is deeply disturbing and concerning, particularly its decision to release footage of deportations. This move has been widely condemned as a form of “state cruelty as spectacle,” with critics arguing that it mirrors the American-style use of “trauma porn”—the exploitation of human suffering for political gain.In additionContinue reading ““Deportation is NOT a show, these are people’s lives””