Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online
Immigration lawyers have been warned to take extra security measures or stay away from work amid far-right threats to target their firms, with legal groups blaming political attacks on the profession for fuelling abuse.
Violence so far has targeted mosques, community buildings such as libraries, hotels housing asylum seekers, and shops. Its president, Nick Emmerson, saidthat immigration lawyers were providing an accessible service and were frightened about “a very real frontline threat”. Mahmood, the lord chancellor, said: “Every day, across the country, solicitors uphold the rule of law. Inciting mobs to attack their offices, or threatening them in any way, is unacceptable. Those found doing so will face the full force of the law. They will join the hundreds of others who have already been arrested by police within the last week.”
Starmer, she said, should do more to counter the toxic narrative around immigration and that the current response had been “mealy mouthed” from the government. “We urge Sir Keir Starmer’s government to take urgent steps to bring an end to the violence and to foster a society which welcomes and cares for our communities and all those in need of protection. We call on the government to stand with us.”
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