Paper boat protests against Mediterranean migrant deaths, Brussels, April 20. Demotix/ Frederik Sadones. All rights reserved.Britain’s leading tabloid newspaper, the Sun, has been carpeted by the United Nations human rights chief for describing migrants as “cockroaches” in a piece of journalism which he says is reminiscent of anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda.
He is not wrong. The word resonates with anyone who has charted the use of hate-speech in the Nazi era and the genocide in Rwanda 21 years ago.
By any standards the column produced by Sun columnist Katie Hopkins torched ethical standards on the need for sensitive, humane reporting of humanitarian issues.
