The US is weighing up a move to offer asylum to Jewish Britons over rising levels of antisemitism across the country. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Robert Garson – who was born in Manchester – confirmed he has engaged in talks with the State Department about offering refuge to Jews in Britain. He told The Telegraph that the UK is “no longer a safe place for Jews”, citing widespread antisemitism across the country since October 7 and the Manchester synagogue attack in October. Mr Garson also slammed Sir Keir Starmer for not doing enough to protect Jews – adding he could see “no future” for them in the country.
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The British-born lawyer told the newspaper: “The UK is no longer a safe place for Jews. I have spoken to the State Department as to whether the president should be offering British Jews asylum in the US.“It is certainly not an unattractive proposition. It is a highly educated community. I have spoken to people in the State Department and I have mentioned it in my role on the Holocaust Museum board. “It is a populous that speaks English natively, that is educated and doesn’t have a high proportion of criminals. There were conversations.”Mr Garson added: “When I look at what is going on with Jews in Britain, and when I look at the changing demographics, I don’t believe – and I have discussed this with people in the Trump administration – that there is a future for Jews in the United Kingdom. For me, that is particularly sad.”He accused Sir Keir of turning “a total blind eye” to antisemitism, adding: “The Prime Minister has allowed rampant anti-Semitism to become commonplace in society and has allowed it to come from those who really don’t have Britain’s best interests at heart.”Mr Garson also warned that towns and cities across Britain could see Sharia law being enforced on its “very, very soon”, saying: “Mark my words, they are coming for the Jews and then they are coming for your pubs.”“In Britain, why has the IRGC never been banned, and why hasn’t the Muslim Brotherhood been sanctioned?”The criminal defence barrister launched a scathing attack on the Crown Prosecution Service over its failure to bring charges against pro-Palestine demonstrators “who had glorified in the rape or death of Jews”.ANTISEMITISM IN BRITAIN – READ THE LATEST:Teachers’ union accused of ‘institutional antisemitism’ by Jewish membersNHS doctor ‘whose posts claimed Jews were behind 9/11’ faces tribunal probe over ‘racial hostility’Mosques that hosted antisemitic preachers ‘consulted by police over Maccabi fans ban’Mr Garson said there was “a lack of political will” to enforce the Public Order Act to curb the large-scale protests that regularly occurred across Britain in the aftermath of October 7. The Trump administration has taken numerous steps to combat antisemitism in the US since taking office last year. In December, Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun was appointed as Mr Trump’s special envoy to tackle the issue. The White House has slashed federal funding to a host of elite universities, including Harvard, Columbia and Cornell, for failing to uphold measures to combat antisemitism on campus. According to figures from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 82 per cent of Jewish Britons now believe antisemitism is either a “very big” or “fairly big” issue in the country. In 2024, just under a third (32 per cent) reported being the victim of at least one hate incident. Between January and June 2025, 1,521 antisemitic incidents were recorded in Britain, according to the Jewish safety charity the Community Security Trust.GB News has approached Downing Street for comment. Our Standards:
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