NewsUKUK PoliticsOffensive remarks about Syrian refugees, Chinese people and home secretary Priti Patel shared in group containing 80 Mitie employees The Home Office is investigating allegations racist WhatsApp messages were sent by immigration contractors (Gareth Fuller/PA)The Home Office is investigating allegations racist WhatsApp messages were sent by immigration staff at a firm paid to escort migrants to detention centres.The messages, allegedly sent by workers for Mitie included offensive remarks about Syrian refugees, Chinese people, MP Diane Abbott and home secretary Priti Patel, according to the Sunday Mirror.The Home Office said the claims were being investigated by its professional standards unit.Mitie said it immediately began an investigation and suspended the staff concerned after the allegations were brought to its attention by a whistleblower.However a spokesperson for the company later told the Guardian it had been made aware an allegation was previously raised but was not escalated in line with internal procedures.The Sunday Mirror revealed the alleged messages were shared from March 2020 in a WhatsApp group called “Escorts meet and greet”, which contained 80 Mitie employees. Mitie stressed the group, which has since been deleted, was “not a company channel”.The messages reportedly contained offensive comments about Syrian refugees swimming to the…
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Home Office probes claims of racist WhatsApp messages sent by immigration contractors
