Ukip condemned by cross-party group for running ‘racist’ campaign

Commenting on UKIP and their conduct in the European Parliament election campaign in the United Kingdom, Barbara Roche, chair of Migration Matters, said on the 28 April 2014:

'UKIP’s campaign needs to be exposed for what it is, a racist campaign. The party is practicing what is in effect a form of ‘Euracism’. They are deploying the same language and tactics used by openly racist party’s like the BNP, but instead of targeting migrants from Africa and Asia they are targeting migrants from within the EU. It is no less offensive to say British families should be wary of Romanians moving in next door than it is to say it of Nigerians or Indians'.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom) [UK and the European elections 2014] http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-election-2014-united-kingdom-uk-and-the-european-elections-2014/

EUObserver, 30.04.14: Ukip's popularity undented by accusations of racism http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/123956

Open Europe: Press Release, 28.04.14: New Open Europe briefing: None of the above - what impact will the rise of anti-EU parties have on the next European Parliament? http://www.openeurope.org.uk/Article/Page/en/LIVE?id=19919&page=PressReleases

Migration Matters Trust: News, 28.04.14: UKIP are engaged in 'Euracism' http://www.migrationmatterstrust.co.uk/node/33

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