Wearing England badges during the World Cup could intimidate detained migrants and must be avoided, immigration officers have been told. The Mail has more.
The country is set to be gripped by football fever this month as the Three Lions get ready to kick off their North America campaign against Croatia on June 17th.
For many this will involve dusting off St George’s flags and England badges to show their support for Thomas Tuchel’s charges.
But staff at detention centres have been warned against displaying these patriotic items, in a new report by the watchdog Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), over fears they may damage “professional standards”.
Among the document’s key findings are cautionary words over the effects of wearing England flags in short-term holding facilities (STHFs).
The report says: “On two occasions during the summer, staff at one STHF were observed wearing England flags affixed to their uniforms.
“The Board felt this risked perceptions of bias or even intimidation among detained people, especially in the light of recent anti-immigration protests in which flag displays were prominent.
“At a minimum, the Board concluded that this raised concerns about professional standards and workplace culture at the facility.”
The incidents highlighted in the report date back to 2025 so would have coincided with the Lionesses’ remarkable defence of their Euros title which saw them beat Spain in a tense final.
Migrants with no right to remain in the country, awaiting deportation or removal to their home country, stay in STHFs while they are being processed.
Warnings over flag-wearing employees were included in the guide alongside other concerns including routine handcuffing for transfers, excessive use of force and lengthy stays in detention for migrants ahead of their deportations.
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Sorry! Have I missed something here?
Isn’t this England?
Isn’t this the England team participating in a sporting event?
Didn’t these people CHOOSE to come to England?
I suspect it’s the IMB members that need the *warning*.
Yes! It is perfectly legal in the UK to fly any national flag of any nation in the world, including The National Flag of England, all year round. Not just for sporting events.
Wearing England badges during the World Cup could intimidate detained migrants and must be encouraged
What a great photo, so many cheerful National Flags of England, proudly displayed by Patriots! It really is a beautiful flag!
Personally I think it would be even better if some of the flags were Union Jacks but it’s much better than seeing loads of Palestinian flags, Pride flags etc no flags would be better than this.
Britain is not playing in the World Cup.
People should have pride in their country and fly the flag all the time, not just during a world cup.
I have one proudly fluttering outside my house 24/7/365
So do I. Fluttering proudly, but not DEI-ly.
And the National Flag of England, too?
Good! And do you ever also fly the National Flag of England, as is your legal right to do?
Yes, people in England should fly their National Flag of England all year round,
the Scots should fly their Saltire,
the Welsh their Dragon,
and the Northern Irish their Red Hand of Ulster.
And the Union flag should be changed to include the national flags of all 4 nations of the United Kingdom. I think it should be the England flag with the smaller flags of all 4 nations set within the 4 white spaces of the England flag, for England is the centre and foundation of the United Kingdom.
Yet another “independent watchdog”, The Independent Monitoring Board is headed by Jane Leech, so she’s the one to blame for this outrageous decision about Third World Criminals Hurty Feelings. It should be abolished as part of The Blob.
She is yet another Globalist Marxist Harpy in charge, like the Catholic IRA Terrorist-sympathizing “First Minister” of Northern Ireland, and the ?Fake Protestant Deputy Minister, and the Justice Minister, all denouncing the Patriot protests against Third World Parasites gouging out eyes and slitting throats of Indigenous Irish People … while rushing to comfort and reassure the Throat-Slitters.
A whole new aspect has come to light in today’s news that a former Catholic IRA Terrorist has vowed to organize “protection” for all the Throat-Slitters & their ilk against the “racist scumbags” protesting.
So you see, it won’t be Catholics & Protestants joining hands to sing ‘Kumbaya’ after all, because the Catholic IRA Terrorists intend to use the Throat-Slitters as NEW VOTERS to help force Northern Ireland to be absorbed into the Catholic Republic.
Belfast rioters slammed as ‘racist scumbags’ as protection organised for ethnic minorities | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Leech is a very appropriate name for someone who no doubt gets a huge salary courtesy of the tax payer and does nothing but promote woke ideology.
True! Put women in charge of everything. What could go wrong?
Wearing an England badge upsets one or two DEI hires on the board who claim to speak for other people.
So what if every detainee is intimidated and reduce to a quivering wreck, they’re awaiting deportation for entering the country illegally and aren’t deserving of the slightest bit of sympathy.
It might remind them what country they’ve invaded.
More traitors revealing themselves.
“The Board”.
Whatever you do, don’t demonstrate any pride in being British. It’ll make them want to be British too.
Pride is OK, just not pride in your country.
Don’t mention the war.