The grieving mother of a hotel worker who was murdered by an illegal migrant is asking Donald Trump for help after being repeatedly ignored by Sir Keir Starmer.
Siobhan Whyte’s daughter Rhiannon was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver by HIV-positive Sudanese “asylum seeker” Deng Chol Majek in 2024.
She is pushing for ministers to introduce Rhiannon’s Law, which would see illegal migrants living in hotels or HMOs given electronic tags, introduce medical checks to ascertain migrants’ health status, as well as immediate vetting and criminal checks when they arrive in Britain.
Ms Whyte has unsuccessfully reached out multiple times to the Prime Minister and Home Secretary, and now hopes the White House can pressure Labour to act.
“I feel like I’m not being listened to,” she told GB News.
“It feels like Rhiannon is just brushed under the carpet. This case with Henry Nowak is absolutely heartbreaking.
“I’m glad his family have met Starmer because that child deserved that, and his family deserved that.
Siobhan Whyte is asking for Donald Trump’s help in securing answers from Labour
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“But because there was an illegal migrant involved in Rhiannon’s case – and many more cases – they’re not willing to reach out and listen and give me answers.
“I’m reaching out to Starmer and he’s gallivanting off to America,” Ms Whyte added. “But what about the people of this country? What about me? I’m just asking for answers for my daughter.”
She added: “There’s two deaths on Starmer’s hands. And where is he? Nowhere. He’s just ignoring it.”
If Labour is unwilling to listen, perhaps Mr Trump and Elon Musk will, she said.
“Hopefully they’ll give this Government a shock because I know it can be done.
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‘There’s two deaths on Starmer’s hands. And where is he? Nowhere. He’s just ignoring it,’ Ms Whyte said
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“I know these are two of the biggest figures in America. Just try and get our country to [act]. We’re a joke,” Ms Whyte added.
“It’s not about politics, colour, race, etc. I want help. I want answers.”
Her heartbreaking appeal came as a number of senior American lawmakers warned of the deteriorating situation in Britain.
Vice President JD Vance warned a “migrant invasion” had led to Mr Nowak’s murder.
Mr Vance said the 18-year-old would still be alive if Europeans had “stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants” – and called for “righteous anger” in response.
Vice President JD Vance warned a ‘migrant invasion’ had led to Henry Nowak’s murder
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Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, meanwhile, demanded the officers who believed murderer Vickrum Digwa’s lies about racism should be sanctioned and barred from the States.
And the State Department’s Sarah Rogers highlighted how Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Dame Emily Thornberry – all Labour frontbenchers in 2020 – condemned Donald Trump after George Floyd’s death.
Dame Emily in particular had called for Britain to halt the sale of British police riot gear to the US – meaning American police would be under-equipped to contain the mass riots which broke out under the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Here’s what prominent Brits said as America’s cities burned,” Ms Rogers warned, as she shared quotes from the Labour trio.
“Very fortunately, protesters mourning Henry Nowak have not ignited infrastructure, murdered anyone, or otherwise cut an antisocial swathe of destruction through the UK,” she said.
“To the extent any of them care what America thinks, we urge them to remain peaceful – and we expect they will.
“Just like Henry Nowak and just like Americans, ordinary Brits have been slandered as racist. Thus violent. They’re not.”
Responding to Siobhan Whyte, a Home Office spokesman has previously said: “The murder of Rhiannon White was an abhorrent crime and our thoughts are with her loved ones.
“This vile criminal is behind bars where he belongs, and he has rightly received the strictest punishment of a life sentence.
“We share the public’s anger about the broken asylum system and hotels.
“That’s precisely why we’re doing everything we can to keep dangerous offenders out of the country and close down hotels.”