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| Refugee crisis: Former Ukip candidate Peter Bucklitsch apologises for 'mistaken' tweet about Aylan Kurdi's death | |
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| The former Ukip parliamentary candidate who sparked outrage by claiming that the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi was a result of immigration "queue jumping" by his "greedy" parents has apologised for his comments. | The former Ukip parliamentary candidate who sparked outrage by claiming that the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi was a result of immigration "queue jumping" by his "greedy" parents has apologised for his comments. |
| In an interview with The Argus newspaper, Peter Bucklitsch said his tweet had been "a mistake, pure and simple". | In an interview with The Argus newspaper, Peter Bucklitsch said his tweet had been "a mistake, pure and simple". |
| Images showing the drowned body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, found washed up on a Turkish beach, have reignited anger at the deaths of thousands of refugees attempting to reach Europe. | Images showing the drowned body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, found washed up on a Turkish beach, have reignited anger at the deaths of thousands of refugees attempting to reach Europe. |
| Mr Bucklitsch, who stood as a Ukip candidate in the last election, had tweeted that the boy died "because his parents were greedy for the good life in Europe". | Mr Bucklitsch, who stood as a Ukip candidate in the last election, had tweeted that the boy died "because his parents were greedy for the good life in Europe". |
| His comments prompted a backlash against him on social media and Douglas Carswell, the Ukip MP, distanced himself from his former colleague branding comments "grotesque and awful". | His comments prompted a backlash against him on social media and Douglas Carswell, the Ukip MP, distanced himself from his former colleague branding comments "grotesque and awful". |
| In his interview with The Argus Mr Bucklitsch appeared to recant. | In his interview with The Argus Mr Bucklitsch appeared to recant. |
| "The only thing you can do in circumstances like that is hold your hands up and apologise," he told the newspaper "So, that's what I've done." | "The only thing you can do in circumstances like that is hold your hands up and apologise," he told the newspaper "So, that's what I've done." |
| In the interview he said that several of the responses to his tweets had been from people telling him to die. | In the interview he said that several of the responses to his tweets had been from people telling him to die. |
| Mr Bucklitsch appears to have withdrawn from Twitter following the incident. | Mr Bucklitsch appears to have withdrawn from Twitter following the incident. |