An investigation has revealed that the government has spent millions on past campaigns targeting migrants in northern France and Afghanistan to reduce small boat crossings. The report indicates that the government has paid at least £2.7m to Hong Kong-based firm Seefar company to carry out “inhumane and ineffective” communications programmes to deter migrants.
The company describes itself as a “leader in the migration field”, which conducts “migration awareness-raising and behavioural change campaigns”.
It isbelieved that the government is now planning to pay £100,000 for a separate drive to advertise the Rwanda deal in different languages on social media, hoping that migrants will be put off travelling to Britain.
