By Serena Barker-Singh, political correspondentA former senior civil servant criticised some of the policymakers behind the illegal migration bill, accusing them of 'harbouring racist views' about immigrants, it has emerged.The senior policy official was in key ministerial meetings on the small boats policy, including in meetings with the then prime minister Boris Johnson.Her claims emerged as part of an employment tribunal that has now concluded.
She says from her perspective the head of the illegal migration task force Michael Bourke and his deputy directors saw 'the ultra-hostile environment towards unwanted foreigners as both being practical, necessary and gratifying'.
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