article_snippet.sent: UN's rights chief has urged Britain to crack down on tabloid newspapers inciting racial hatred after a columnist for The Sun called migrants 'cockroaches'.
article_snippet.sent: Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Husein said the April 17 article in the newspaper was reflective of a 'nasty underbelly of racism that is characterising the migration debate in an increasing number of EU countries'.
article_snippet.sent: Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Husein said.
article_snippet.sent: Zeid asked British authorities, media, and regulatory bodies to take immediate steps to stop racial and inflammatory articles. '
article_snippet.sent: This vicious verbal assault on migrants and asylum seekers in the UK tabloid press has continued unchallenged under the law for far too long,' Zeid said. '
article_snippet.sent: The Sun's editors took an editorial decision to publish the April 17 article in the newspaper, and - if The Sun's editors is found in breach of the law - should be held responsible along with the author.'
article_snippet.sent: The high commissioner said the Hopkins piece was 'simply one of the more extreme examples of thousands of anti-foreigner articles that have appeared in UK tabloids over the past two decades.'
article_snippet.sent: The high commissioner also asked all European countries to take a firmer line on racism and xenophobia.
article_snippet.sent: The columnist also said Europe should adopt a hardline approach to clandestine immigration like Australia by using navy ships to turn back boats carrying asylum seekers. '
article_snippet.sent: Britain is not El Dorado,' Hopkins said. '
article_snippet.sent: Zeid said provocative articles could trigger dangerous reactions. '
highlights_snippet.sent: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned Katie Hopkins'
  Zeid Ra'ad Al Husein urged Britain to crack down on 'inciting racial hatred'
  Compared Hopkins' 'cockroaches' comment to language employed by Rwandan media outlets in the run-up to the 1994 genocide .
  