In an annual threat update, the director general of UK's security services MI5 said ant-immigration extremists are becoming increasingly likely to consider carrying out terrorist attacks against immigration centers and asylum hotels.
Ken McCallum said a shift from radicalised rightwing sentiment to violence was “the most marked trend” in MI5's caseload in the past 12 months.
Aggressive anti-migrant protests have been held in recent months at Portsmouth and Dover by the far-right Patriot Platform.
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