{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/6aa817a3a6e9aef4ccba73db?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why is anti-migrant activism on the rise in Britain?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/1789400839072-2835f204-abaa-4bb8-9812-e6a397615e15.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mass anti-migrant protests have been erupting in Britain with hundreds of masked men blocking England's busiest port Dover and in Portsmouth where a mega dinghy carrying 140 migrants landed.</p><p><br></p><p>Riot police clashed with the demonstrators as they tried to stop a bus carrying asylum seekers from leaving.</p><p><br></p><p>During the most recent protests in Portsmouth two men and a teenage boy were arrested.</p><p><br></p><p>The government has condemned the violent behaviour calling it \"thuggish and intimidating\".</p><p><br></p><p>Anti-immigration group Patriot Platform led by influencer Danny Thomas organised the protests and donations have been rolling in for the platform.</p><p><br></p><p>So why is Britain experiencing an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment when the number of small boats arriving has actually dropped since last year's record highs.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, how will the arrival of new mega dinghies along a different migration impact numbers? Can the boats be stopped? And if they are, will it calm anti-migrant tensions?</p><p><br></p><p>Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:</p><p><br></p><p>Claire Pearsall</p><p>Former Special Adviser at the UK's Home Office</p><p><br></p><p>Sebastian Salek</p><p>Former Labour Councillor and Political Journalist</p><p><br></p><p>Mihnea Cuibus</p><p>Senior Researcher at The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the podcast to keep up to date and access the back catalogue of Roundtable discussions at https://www.youtube.com/@RoundtableTRTWorld</p>","author_name":"TRT World"}