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>> Fury at Braverman attack on migrants >> Bid 'to rip up laws protecting refugees

- DAVE BURKE, BEN GLAZE and AMY SHARPE

SUELLA Braverman was last night accused of trying to shift blame for the Tory immigration fiasco on to desperate asylum seekers fleeing persecution.

And the cruel Home Secretary demanded UN protections for refugees are torn up in a cynical bid to mask her own dismal failures, with the backlog of cases at record levels and migrants numbers soaring.

During a speech in Washington, DC, Ms Braverman also claimed only "some" of the thousands who die crossing seas are real asylum seekers.

But figures from her own office show the majority (71%) of decisions here in the year to June were to grant refugee status, as most are genuine.

She also argued that fear of discrimination for being gay or a woman should not be enough to qualify for international protection.

Ms Braverman branded multiculturalism a "failure" despite the government she is part of being one of the most diverse, and huge swathes of public services relying on immigrants to function properly.

She said of the 50,000 people estimated to have died since 2014: "All were no doubt seeking a better life. Some perhaps were genuine refugees. But not all."