“You are a traitor.”
There were words that were pulling a driver in RAF Vathersfield last week, one former, one former Ministry of Defence Airbase in Essex is currently being used at home asylum seekers,
Livestream up to tens from an iPhone Thousands of people online, clips, so -called migrant hunters, show a group of hunters on the driver, who predict a worker in the airbase, and threaten to publish their car number plates.
it , Before sharing the incident with fellow “patriots”, abusing employees and police officers on camera, “ , Self -declared migrant hunters seem to be modus operandies, which are growing Between rising disturbance Above To deal with the government’s migration crisis,
Often presenting as journalists, these far-flung workers will turn into housing centers and hotels, who work there and live there. They then post footage online for the purpose of online , according to experts , Grand work for Migrant protestsWho Often get into violence,
They also use Facebook and X to spread information about the places of hotels that have been kept for those who want to refuge. In this corner of the Internet, after the time, a post shared time is an interactive map to show the location of more than 200 hotels in the UK, where migrants live.
Their methods to identify the housing for the shelter seekers seem to be a numerous from the tip-off from the disgruntled employees in the hotel, which is blocked to check for large-scale booking to check out information from local people, as well as careful monitoring of booking.
Some of the most prominent migrant hunters have around 200,000 followers on X and tweet 20 times a day, often false and dangerous rumors about those inside the hotel. There are baseless claims of the upcoming terrorist attack in the more disturbing positions, which are felt among the images of AI, AI, a distant activist Tommy Robinson.
Recent research from anti -racism campaign group Hope is not hate It was found that the number of migrant hunters had doubled since 2021 and visited the hotel housing shelter on more than 250 occasions.
But the activity on social media accounts associated with the movement has extended especially in recent weeks, which is after the opposition protests in Essex, Essex Trigated similar demonstrations across the country. The unrest began in July after a refugeer from Ethiopia, it is believed to have been accused of sexual harassment, including a 14 -year -old girl, to stay in the Bell Hotel.
Since then, there have been protests in cities like Manchester, LondonBornemouth and Edinburgh, organizers called Abolish Sharan Day with more plan for Friday evening , A large -scale protest at eight different places across the country where shelter seekers are being kept.
Far from far-flung groups have been encouraging such protests over the yearsNevertheless, concerns are increasing over the aggressive strategy used by migrant hunters, who appear to spend their time traveling to various hotels, reflect their opposition and harass people who temporarily give shelter there.
They then use messaging apps like Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp to spread the word.
Talk to IndependentDirector of Research Joe Mulhal in Hope Not Hate said that these people first became the head online during the spring of 2021.
“Originally they were on the beaches, filing the arrival of boats and were daily tall, before moving from areas such as Dover to housing centers. They were the material making machines that were sitting under far and wide.” He said.
“They will release daily Vlogues and Livestreams that will percol through far-flung systems and were raised by people such as Tommy Robinson. They have been quite important in advancing cross-channel. Migration In the far-flung agenda. ,
After analyzing the places of protest, the anti-racism charity saw a pattern , In 2024, targeted hotels were often visited several times by migrant hunters during the summer of violence.
The riots were launched in the UK last July after three girls were killed in a teller Swift-themed dance class at Southport, with a wave of misinformation on social media, the killer claimed that the killer was a Muslim refuge.
Mr. Mulhal said: “Where we had seen those tyrannical scenes and arson outside the Holiday Inn in Roth, the migrant hunter visited the hotel between 2021 and 2024 12 times. It is interesting because that hotel is not in the city center. , People knew where to go, the migrant hunter did the ground work. ,
Momentum has raised again and these activists are once again bringing themselves alive in protests, quickly having thousands of comments and clicks online.
In epping, a protest organizer told Independent He was made aware that Britannia Hotel was being resumed at Canary Ghat in the financial district of London. House office After contacting an employee who was made meaningless.
Two protests took place after the information spread online.
Meanwhile, an ex -serviceman who claims that the Great British National Protest claims to have raised more than £ 30,000 in donations to help fund a migrant movement called Great British National Protest, claims to be behind 20 demonstrations around the UK.
33 -year -old Richard Donaldson told Many times The raised funds will be used to fund the “secret check inside the hotels”, and will be claimed to recruit members of the employees who were allegedly ready to wear hidden body cameras and share intelligence information.
“Online social media accounts have been spread, which are promoting migrant sentiments,” said Sabbi Dhalu, co-convenor of Stand Up to Racism.
“Ever since Elon Musk captured X and secondly, after Donald Trump became President, there has been a change in the algorithm, a bias towards far-flung materials. Such materials are getting widespread reach.”
He said: “We have seen in our demonstrations that people say that they are journalists and pick up their phones, but what they are actually doing is doxing people and to identify those whom they can target.”
On Monday, the Home Office announced that it is providing another £ 100 million to smuggle and deal with the head. Kir Stamor In exchange for shelter seekers with relationships in Britain, the channel in France has made a deal to return the migrants.
While the move has been criticized by refugee charitable charitable, the government is hoping that it will stop the outbreak of similar disorder in the last summer.
Refugee Council CEO Envara Solomon said: “Protests against people seeking refuge are creating an alarm among adults and children who have left war in countries such as Sudan and Afghanistan.
“In the last summer, we saw the refugees that we support the fear for their lives because an angry mob tried to set fire to the hotel where they were living. The rhetoric that those who are looking for the sanctuary to inhuman people create a climate where violence can cause violence.
“Our frontline staff works in many communities affected and see that most people are fair-minded and kind. While they may have legitimate questions about why the hotel is used, these concerns are being abducted by a violent minority.
“Arrana Hotels have become flashpoints – the symbol of a broken system that implicates people in the limb, is unable to work or rebuild his life at a huge public cost.”
