"There is a hangman's noose with a figure dangling next to the word migrant and, close by, another daubing: a Jewish Star of David painted in black surrounded by red swastikas. Utopia 56, a French group supporting migrants in northern France, posted the image on X on Christmas Day with the comment: This is what comes from normalising the extreme right's rhetoric, a visible, unapologetic, unabashed hatred. It is not known who was responsible for the graffiti."
"But one thing is clear: it comes after a period of growing activity on French soil by far-right British activists, some of whom have harassed and intimidated asylum seekers in the places where they sleep, or boasted of slashing dinghies to prevent crossings. And to many of those who work to support asylum seekers in northern France, that activity has been hothoused by the rightward shift of mainstream British politics."
Near a camp in Dunkirk where hundreds of asylum seekers sleep, chilling graffiti has appeared: a hangman's noose with a dangling figure and a Jewish Star of David surrounded by red swastikas. Utopia 56 posted the image and described it as visible, unapologetic hatred. Activity by far-right British activists in northern France has increased, including harassment, intimidation, and claims of slashing dinghies to prevent crossings. Volunteers report water containers stabbed or contaminated, vandalised tanks, and activists harassing people on beaches and livestreaming attacks. Support groups say the behaviour is emboldened by a rightward shift in British politics. Asylum seekers report fear but often refuse to respond to provocations.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]