Maybe they have been watching the BBC to much.
BBC News - Afghan national admits raping 12-year-old girl
Afghan national admits raping 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton
Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, admits raping the child in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.www.bbc.com
Info-Migrants reports...pre-existing sexualized fears about migrants, already present in media and public discourse. CES notes that this racialized narrative is not a single story. It is told and retold, and protagonists are changed (Muslim, Black, refugee) to suit varying contexts and political purposes. Social media provides the amplification, reach, and repetition that false narratives and disinformation need to become viral and incendiary.
As Sharmila Parmanand, Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, explains, the issue is not only disinformation. It is that such disinformation resonates because it falls on "fertile ground" shaped by already entrenched prejudices. Gender-based violence occurs across all races, classes, citizenship statuses, and religions, Parmanand stressed. Disproportionately focusing on racialized migrant men not only perpetuates racist harm but also obscures the wider issue of systemic gender-based violence. Evidence does not support the claim that migrants are more likely to commit sexual or gender-based violence; in fact, most studies find they are not overrepresented among perpetrators.
