Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has blocked Kanye West from entering Britain after a row over the US rapper’s anti-Semitic comments.
West has been at the centre of controversy since it was announced he would be headlining the Wireless Festival in London in July.
It was understood that West applied for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK on Monday, but sources confirmed that the Government had blocked his entry.
The Government had faced growing calls to ban West from entering the UK over his previous anti-Semitic behaviour, which included releasing a song called Heil Hitler and advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website.
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has blocked Kanye West from entering Britain after a row over the US rapper’s anti-Semitic comments.
West has been at the centre of controversy since it was announced he would be headlining the Wireless Festival in London in July.
It was understood that West applied for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK on Monday, but sources confirmed that the Government had blocked his entry.
The Government had faced growing calls to ban West from entering the UK over his previous anti-Semitic behaviour, which included releasing a song called Heil Hitler and advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website.
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