Pro-Brexit campaign group accused of faking images of migrants crossing the British border and committing crimes
Leave.EU staged images showing immigrants committing crimes and faked a viral video purporting to show illegal 'migrants' crossing the British border, it is alleged.The group, founded by multimillionaire Arron Banks, staged a video showing a boat of migrants crossing into the UK which never actually left UK waters, according to a Channel 4 news report.
LONDON — Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU allegedly forged images claiming to show immigrants committing violent crimes and staged a viral video purporting to show illegal"migrants" before the 2016 referendum. The photos purporting to show the violent attack were sent by a special forces veteran working for Banks to Andy Wigmore, Leave.EU's then head of communications.
Labour MP David Lammy, a spokesman for the second referendum campaign Best for Britain, called the alleged images and video"wicked, nasty and totally fake propaganda designed to whip up hatred of migrants."
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