Migrant website run by Home Office decried as ‘unethical’ by watchdog

Site offering supposedly independent advice is part of a 23,000 government social media campaign

The home secretary, Priti Patel, has been censured by a communications watchdog for setting up a website that purports to provide independent advice to migrants considering travelling to the UK - but without making it clear that her department is behind it.

It has been reported that the Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) condemned the Home Office for producing an unethical" website that aims to deter people from attempting to seek refuge in the UK.