News - Middle East: Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off the air by the BBC after criticizing the British government’s new asylum policy in a Twitter post, comparing lawmakers’ language about migrants to that used in Nazi Germany.

“Lineker will not present ’Match of the Day’ until we’ve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media,” the BBC said in a statement on Friday.

The statement came after the former captain tweeted that the UK government’s plan to detain and deport migrants is “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.”

The BBC claims that posting such views on social media is a breach of its guidelines, discussing with Lineker over his involvement in the Match of the Day program, which is broadcast on Saturday nights, presenting highlights of English Premier League games.

The UK government has called Lineker’s Nazi comparison inappropriate and unacceptable, calling on the BBC to discipline him.