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South China Morning Post
02-08-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests
Further scuffles broke out at anti-immigration protests in Britain on Saturday, with police making several arrests. Demonstrators calling for mass 'remigration' gathered in central Manchester, northwest England, at a march organised by the far-right 'Britain First' group, which was confronted by anti-racism groups. Meanwhile in central London, rival demonstrators converged outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, following similar recent events that have occasionally turned violent. In Manchester, the two groups clashed briefly at the start of the protest before police split them up, according to an Agence France-Presse journalist at the scene. 'Send them back, don't let them in – just stop them coming in, we've got hotels full of immigrants and we've got our own homeless people in the streets begging for food but nowhere to live,' said protester Brendan O'Reilly, 66. Counterprotester Judy, a 60-year-old retired nurse, told Agence France-Presse she was there 'because I don't want to see people full of hate on the streets of Manchester'.
Yahoo
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests
Further scuffles broke out at anti-immigration protests in the UK on Saturday, with police making several arrests. Demonstrators calling for mass "remigration" gathered in central Manchester, northwest England, for a march organised by the far-right "Britain First" group, which was confronted by anti-racism groups. Meanwhile in central London, rival demonstrators converged outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, following similar recent events that have occasionally turned violent. In Manchester, the two groups clashed briefly at the start of the protest before police split them up, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. "Send them back, don't let them in -- just stop them coming in, we've got hotels full of immigrants and we've got our own homeless people in the streets begging for food but nowhere to live," said protestor Brendan O'Reilly, 66. Counter-protestor Judy, a 60-year-old retired nurse, told AFP she was there "because I don't want to see people full of hate on the streets of Manchester." "Do they want them all to go back or is it just people with brown skin? I suspect it's just people with brown skin that they want to re-migrate," she added. In London, similar clashes erupted outside a hotel in the Barbican neighbourhood before police intervened. Metropolitan Police wrote on X that officers had cleared a junction where counter-protesters had assembled in breach of the conditions in place. "There have been nine arrests so far, with seven for breaching Public Order Act conditions," added the force. There have been several flashpoints around the UK in recent weeks, most notably in the north-east London neighbourhood of Epping. jwp/gv
Arab News
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests
Demonstrators calling for mass 'remigration' gathered in central ManchesterIn central London, rival demonstrators converged outside a hotel housing asylum seekersMANCHESTER: Further scuffles broke out at anti-immigration protests in the UK on Saturday, with police making several calling for mass 'remigration' gathered in central Manchester, northwest England, for a march organized by the far-right 'Britain First' group, which was confronted by anti-racism in central London, rival demonstrators converged outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, following similar recent events that have occasionally turned Manchester, the two groups clashed briefly at the start of the protest before police split them up, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.'Send them back, don't let them in — just stop them coming in, we've got hotels full of immigrants and we've got our own homeless people in the streets begging for food but nowhere to live,' said protester Brendan O'Reilly, Judy, a 60-year-old retired nurse, told AFP she was there 'because I don't want to see people full of hate on the streets of Manchester.''Do they want them all to go back or is it just people with brown skin? I suspect it's just people with brown skin that they want to re-migrate,' she London, similar clashes erupted outside a hotel in the Barbican neighborhood before police Police wrote on X that officers had cleared a junction where counter-protesters had assembled in breach of the conditions in place.'There have been nine arrests so far, with seven for breaching Public Order Act conditions,' added the have been several flashpoints around the UK in recent weeks, most notably in the north-east London neighborhood of Epping.
Irish Times
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Spanish far right draws backlash with proposal to deport ‘millions'
A proposal by Spain's Vox party to deport several million people of foreign origin has aligned it with radical far-right movements in other countries and triggered a fierce debate about immigration. Rocío de Meer, Vox's spokeswoman for demographic emergency and social policy, this week unveiled a 'remigration' policy, which she said could mean up to eight million people, including children of immigrants, being deported, arguing that 'it is very difficult for them to get used to our customs'. 'All those millions of people who have come in a very short period of time to our country and who have not adapted to our customs, and in many cases have been involved in dangerous incidents in our neighbourhoods and in our surroundings, will have to return to their countries,' she said. The party later backtracked, saying it did not know how many migrants would need to be deported. READ MORE The term 'remigration' has been used by other far-right parties in Europe, such as the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD). The US government has announced plans to create an 'Office of Remigration'. The concept has been linked to movements that support the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory, which claims that white populations around the world are being deliberately replaced by people of other ethnicities from less developed nations. Vox, the third-biggest party in Spain's parliament, has campaigned often against immigration, focusing particularly on the threat it claims is posed by those who arrive from Muslim countries. This proposal goes much further than its previous policies, which had included deploying the navy to stop migrants from arriving on Spanish shores. De Meer also said that, by 2044, more than half of the Spanish population would be 'of foreign origin'. Her speech was prompted by the arrest of a man from Mali, who had been living in a refugee centre, in relation to the alleged rape of a young woman in the town of Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid. The incident caused disturbances in the town, with protesters clashing with police. Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez responded to Vox's proposal by pointing out that Spain used to be a country of emigration. 'Now it is a receptor country and those who arrive contribute with their work to building a better Spain,' he wrote on social media. 'Let's not forget where we are from when understanding who we are.' Former socialist member of parliament Eduardo Madina said De Meer was voicing 'a totalitarian and fascist' idea. The government has staunchly defended immigration as a driver of the Spanish economy, which has been outperforming many of its neighbours with growth of 3.2 per cent last year and unemployment at a 17-year low. The Bank of Spain reported last year that the country would need 24 million more migrants by 2053 to keep the welfare system on track. The arrival of undocumented migrants, however, particularly those who make the dangerous crossing from north and west Africa to the Canary Islands, has become politically sensitive. Nearly 47,000 migrants reached Spain by that route last year, a record. King Felipe VI raised the issue of immigration in his last Christmas message, saying it 'can lead, without the right management, to tensions that erode social cohesion'. The debate has taken place as Sánchez's coalition government struggles amid damaging corruption allegations . With uncertainty over how much longer the government can continue, Vox is seen as a likely junior coalition partner of the conservative People's Party (PP) should an election take place. However, the PP's leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said this week his party planned to govern alone.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Uses Far-Right Buzzword in Wild Immigration Rant
President Donald Trump delivered a vicious screed against undocumented immigrants on Thursday, calling for their 'remigration.' That terminology is popular in global far-right circles, and has been used by right-wing populist politicians in Europe to call for the mass deportations of immigrants in the name of restoring national identity. 'The Biden Administration and Governor Newscum flooded America with 21 Million Illegal Aliens, destroying Schools, Hospitals and Communities, and consuming untold Billions of Dollars in Free Welfare,' Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, with whom he's feuding at the moment. 'All of them have to go home, as do countless other Illegals and Criminals, who will turn us into a bankrupt Third World Nation,' he continued. 'America was invaded and occupied. I am reversing the Invasion. It's called Remigration.' Trump praised ICE officers, who have sparked protests around the country with their raids and deportation efforts, as 'HEROES.' 'We will always have their back as they carry out this noble mission. America will be for Americans again!' Trump wrote. Trump has used the 'remigration' term before. In September, he pledged to 'immediately end the migrant invasion of America' if elected, and 'return Kamala's illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration).' At the time, liberal media watchdog Media Matters accused the press of largely failing to cover his use of the term and of failing to accurately contextualize the concept's links to ethnic cleansing. The term was popularized in part by Martin Sellner, an Austrian far-right activist who was involved with neo-Nazis as a teenager. He has since distanced himself from that ideology, but prominently promotes extreme ethnonationalist ideas. He's a leader of the Austrian chapter of Generation Identity, which anti-extremism groups have described as an international white supremacist network. In November 2023, Sellner reportedly presented a 'masterplan' for remigration at a meeting in Potsdam, Germany, which was attended by members of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, neo-Nazis, and other right-wing extremists. The co-leader of AfD, Alice Weidel, has since publicly embraced the term. Revelations about the meeting, reported by The Guardian and Correctiv in January, sparked uproar and mass protests in Germany. Sellner was subsequently banned from Germany. Trump's State Department plans to create an entire 'Office of Remigration' as part of a restructuring to aid Trump's sweeping deportation plans.
