Selfridges removes all references to asylum seeker training scheme after GB News investigation
Alex Armstrong discusses Care4Calais's partnership with Vodafone
TL;DR
- Selfridges has removed references to its "Selfridges London x Care4Calais" training scheme for asylum seekers.
- The scheme, launched in 2025, offered two weeks of hospitality training and Level 2 Food Hygiene certification.
- Care4Calais has faced criticism for its support of migrants, with critics suggesting it incentivizes illegal crossings to the UK.
- Reform UK stated Care4Calais is not a charity and creates incentives for illegal migrants, criticizing Selfridges for supporting them over unemployed British youth.
- Official figures indicate over one million young people in the UK face unemployment.
- Selfridges also partnered with Care4Calais through a staff volunteering scheme, which has now been removed from their website.
- The charity has previously denied facilitating or supporting illegal migration, stating its focus is humanitarian aid and campaigning for safe asylum routes.
- Selfridges confirmed its corporate charitable giving focuses on Oxfam, Centrepoint, and The King's Trust.