Gary Lineker Lambasts Home Office Treatment Of Refugee He Hosted

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Gary Lineker Lambasts Home Office Treatment Of Refugee He Hosted
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'He spent 18 months in our Home Office system where he was treated like s***. He said it was hell.”

over a comment he made about the Conservative Party having links to “Russian donors” earlier this year., previously offered his Surrey home to a refugee from Balochistan, and more recently the man from Turkey.: “He’s a really smart kid and wants to be a rocket scientist, actually.Gary at the Su's Who Cares Wins awards last yearOn the refugee’s escape from Turkey, Gary said: “He got out, and then he spent 18 months in our Home Office system where he was treated like s***. He said it was hell.

The Leicester-born presenter was admonished for sharing an article on Twitter about then-foreign secretaryurging Premier League teams to boycott the Champions League final in Russia, adding: “And her party will hand back their donations from Russian donors?” The BBC said it received a complaint over whether the comment was consistent with its impartiality rules, which it said as “one of the BBC’s highest profile stars” Lineker is expected to follow.

Gary, a prolific user of Twitter with more than 8.5 million followers, pointed out that his post was prompted by an article on football, and it was intended as a comment on the sport rather than on politics.

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