RNLI volunteers’ names shared online after Channel migrant rescue

Two RNLI stations brought a large group of migrants to safety off the Isle of Wight at the weekend, LBC News reported. Volunteers' names appeared on X within days.

Posts calling the lifesavers traitors spread fast. They drew thousands of comments. BBC News reported one volunteer had been singled out and branded a traitor after the rescue. LBC linked the campaign to Danny Thomas, described as a close associate of anti-migrant activist Tommy Robinson.

"We will rescue those in danger without judgement or preference, as the RNLI has been doing for more than 200 years," a spokesperson told LBC.

Separately, two ports refused the RNLI's requests to disembark those brought in from the Channel, BBC News reported.

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