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Chi Onwurah hits out at Syrian refugee meme kitchen find | Chi Onwurah hits out at Syrian refugee meme kitchen find |
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An MP has hit out at those responsible for putting up a poster mocking Syrian refugees in a parliament building. | An MP has hit out at those responsible for putting up a poster mocking Syrian refugees in a parliament building. |
Chi Onwurah, who represents Newcastle Central for Labour described the find as "upsetting". | Chi Onwurah, who represents Newcastle Central for Labour described the find as "upsetting". |
The image was stuck to a cupboard in a communal kitchen in an MPs' building opposite the House of Commons. | The image was stuck to a cupboard in a communal kitchen in an MPs' building opposite the House of Commons. |
It shows an elderly man, with the message: "Just £3 from you could clothe and feed this 12-year-old Syrian child for a week". | It shows an elderly man, with the message: "Just £3 from you could clothe and feed this 12-year-old Syrian child for a week". |
Ms Onwurah tweeted: "Upset someone in Parliament thought it funny to display this in the communal kitchen over the weekend." | Ms Onwurah tweeted: "Upset someone in Parliament thought it funny to display this in the communal kitchen over the weekend." |
The shadow business and energy minister said she would be writing to the Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons. | The shadow business and energy minister said she would be writing to the Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons. |
She said: "If it was in a building where the public goes it would have been offensive, but it could have been anybody. | |
"Here it must have been someone who has a parliamentary pass, who lives or works here. | "Here it must have been someone who has a parliamentary pass, who lives or works here. |
"It was sellotaped onto a cupboard above the kitchen sink, not just left lying around for someone to have a chuckle over - it was definitely there to make a point. | "It was sellotaped onto a cupboard above the kitchen sink, not just left lying around for someone to have a chuckle over - it was definitely there to make a point. |
"There are obviously challenges around migration in Europe with the war in Syria, it's so upsetting in itself, and frustrating in terms of what we can do. | "There are obviously challenges around migration in Europe with the war in Syria, it's so upsetting in itself, and frustrating in terms of what we can do. |
"But these are human beings, not to be demonised, reduced to a meme. | "But these are human beings, not to be demonised, reduced to a meme. |
"If people want to have a laugh or a joke they should do that in their own office, this is a working space. | "If people want to have a laugh or a joke they should do that in their own office, this is a working space. |
"I do find it offensive, I don't want those attitudes in my working environment, and shouldn't have to see that when I go to make a cup of coffee, or tea." | "I do find it offensive, I don't want those attitudes in my working environment, and shouldn't have to see that when I go to make a cup of coffee, or tea." |
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