"Farage's lack of knowledge and assumptions about our experiences as victims and survivors of grooming gangs proves he should not have a platform to make decisions about us or our input. His ignorance and untrue statements about us, our experiences and the validity of our involvement, his lack of understanding or care to look into our lives to make sure what he was saying was true, has meant he has dismissed people who this inquiry is for."
"The inquiry was ordered in June, on the recommendation of the Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey, who carried out an audit into group-based child sexual exploitation. Casey's review found disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds were among suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation in some areas of the country but cautioned that it was difficult to paint an accurate national picture as there was no ethnicity data in most cases."
Five women have demanded an apology from Nigel Farage after he suggested they were not victims of grooming gangs. The women described his comments as degrading, humiliating and ignorant. They wrote to Keir Starmer saying they would only remain on a panel advising the government's inquiry if safeguarding minister Jess Phillips stayed and if anyone who believes their evidence should be included could contribute. Farage suggested the women were victims of other types of child sexual abuse, leaving them feeling forced to defend and re-prove their victimhood. The inquiry followed Louise Casey's audit, which found disproportionate numbers of men from Asian backgrounds among suspects but noted poor ethnicity data.
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