The US is reportedly considering providing sanctuary to British Jews, saying Britain is ‘no longer safe’ for the community.
US President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer Robert Garson revealed he had spoken to the State Department about offering asylum to British Jews escaping antisemitism.
Speaking to the Telegraph, the Manchester-born lawyer said he saw ‘no future’ for the Jews in the UK, and that the rampant antisemitism since October 7, 2023, led him to believe such a move could be necessary.
Garson was appointed as a board member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council after Trump fired members chosen by Joe Biden.
He said he had raised the topic with the US President’s antisemitism tsar, Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, who was appointed as Trump’s special envoy combating antisemitism in December.
Garson, who moved to the US in 2008, said: ‘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,’ he stated.
The lawyer said there were ‘conversations,’ about the idea, adding: ‘It is a populous that speaks English natively, that is educated and doesn’t have a high proportion of criminals.’
Garson was appointed as a board member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council after Trump fired members chosen by Joe Biden
President Donald Trump at a fighting antisemitism event, alongside Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun
People attend an event organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BDBJ) in London
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Gary Mond, the honorary president of the National Jewish Assembly, said the offer of asylum reflects America’s understanding of the ‘perilous circumstances’ the British Jewish community finds itself in.
He said: ‘For some British Jews the situation is truly desperate, and such an offer, if made seriously, will be welcomed by at least some in our community. Others will, however, wonder if the situation for Jews in the US is better.’
Author and Activist Dov Forman added: ‘I don’t know a single British Jew who hasn’t, at some point in the past two years, quietly asked themselves what their future in this country looks like.’
Forman, whose great-grandmother Lily Ebert was a Hungarian Holocaust Survivour who settled in London, claimed antisemitism in Britain has ‘festered unchallenged’.
He said: ‘If the government were actually taking this crisis seriously, rather than calculating the political cost of standing up for the British Jewish community, there might not even be a need to have these conversations.’
Alex Hearn of Labour Against Antisemitism told the Daily Mail that Jews in Britain have been ‘systematically failed’ by authorities.
A pro-Palestinian demonstration in London
Garson blamed British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for allowing the spread of antisemitism
‘When nearly half of a community sees antisemitism as a very big problem and record numbers are leaving for Israel, that’s a failure of the state. It’s no wonder other countries see an opportunity to welcome a community known for its contributions to civic life,’ he added.
Garson blamed British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for allowing the spread of antisemitism and accused the Crown Prosecution Service of failing to uphold the law in its refusal to bring charges against demonstrators ‘who had glorified in the rape or death of Jews‘.
He claimed the Prime Minister had turned a ‘blind eye’ to anti-Jewish hatred, adding that fundamental Islamism was a threat to British society.
The lawyer criticised the fact that the IRGC had not been banned nor the Muslim Brotherhood been sanctioned.
‘Mark my words, they are coming for the Jews and then they are coming for your pubs. You are going to have sharia-compliant areas very, very soon,’ he added.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp claimed that there is a ‘more systemic problem’ in the police and other organisations in standing up to Muslim extremism
This past weekend, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp claimed that there is a ‘more systemic problem’ in the police and other organisations in standing up to Muslim extremism following the uproar over banning Israeli football fans from Birmingham.
Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, criticised West Midlands Police for ‘failing to stand up to extremist Muslims’ and ‘capitulating’ to them instead of ‘investigating their threats of violence’ because they wanted to ‘appease’ them.
He also accused them of ‘fabricating and making up evidence’ to justify their decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from supporting their team at Aston Villa in the Europa Cup last November and called on the police watchdog to investigate them.
According to the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 82 per cent of British Jews say antisemitism is a ‘very big’ or ‘fairly big’ problem in their country.
A recent report from the research institute also revealed that in 2025, 35 per cent of Jews rated their safety in Britain between 0–4 out of 10 compared to just 9 per cent in 2023 before the October 7 terror attack on Israel.
