Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation A screengrab from the account’s first post. Asylum charities have warned that political communication of this style risks fuelling violence towards migrants. Photograph: Home Office/TikTok/PA A screengrab from the account’s first post. Asylum charities have warned that political communication of this style risks fuelling violence towards migrants. Photograph: Home Office/TikTok/PA Home Office TikTok account posting deportation footage accused of turning ‘brutality into clickbait’Video of raids and migrant arrests shared by profile with slogan ‘restoring order and control to our borders’ A Home Office TikTok account posting footage of deportations and arrests set to dramatic music has been criticised for turning “brutality” into “clickbait”.An account called @SecureBordersUK was created on Tuesday with the slogan: “Restoring order and control to our borders.”The first 20-second video shows people handcuffed and escorted on to planes, and raids being carried out to arrest illegal workers.It ends with a message reading: “And it’s just getting started.”The head of asylum advocacy at Freedom From Torture, Sile Reynolds, said: “This government is clearly hooked on the cheap political points it can score by turning the brutality of enforcement raids into clickbait online entertainment.“This style of political communication provokes the kind of anxiety and fear that fuelled the summer riots and the recent…
Published: January 13, 2026 5:14 pm
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