Angelina Jolie blasts the EU for its 'race to the bottom' response to the migrant crisis and criticises 'isolationism' - but is she trying to lecture us on Brexit?

The Hollywood actress and the UN's special envoy for refugees (pictured at the BBC today) accused EU leaders for 'preying on the fear' that uncontrolled migration can cause. 



In an emotional appeal during a speech at the BBC's headquarters in London as part of a day of coverage on migration, Jolie warned that the ongoing threat of war meant 'none of us are immune to becoming refugees', adding: 'So all refugees merit equal respect and compassion.' Her comments echoed the UN's high commissioner for refugees criticised the EU for its 'disorderly' response to the migration crisis. Filippo Grandi said the EU was sufficiently large and wealthy to be able to share the burden of the influx of migrants from the Middle East without making it a political issue, but had failed to find a solution and was largely to blame for the fact that fewer than 1 per cent of refugees had been resettled.