Hope Not Hate said organisations and individuals plotting to “infiltrate” areas earmarked to hold thousands of asylum seekers were “gaining traction”
, show how far-right groups and individuals have been calling for protests at ex-RAF bases such as Scampton, with one group turning its attention to the Government’s Dorset accommodation barge plan, urging supporters to contact local leaders to voice their opposition.
The group’s six UK ports include sites on the Mersey, raising the prospect of migrants being kept near Knowsley, whereHome Secretary Suella Braveman said the Government’s plans are necessary to slash a ballooningAlmost 500 people on 11 boats arrived in the UK on Wednesday, with another 77 reaching Kent on Thursday, Home Office figures show.
Rosie Carter, director of policy at Hope Not Hate, said the far right were “capitalising on disapproval of these plans and mobilising in areas where the Government is proposing temporary housing.” As part of the Government’s plans, up to 500 single male migrants are due to be kept onboard a three-storey barge, thePortland’s mayor, Pete Roper, said any targeting of the area by extremists would be “of extreme concern”, adding that, despite objections to the plans, residents were broadly supportive and sympathetic to the asylum seekers.
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