UK Braces For More Anti-Immigrant Riots, With Counterprotests

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Police patrol the area around the Merseyside Refugee Support Network building which has been boarded up in preparation for more unrest on August 07, 2024 in Liverpool, England. A series of anti-immigrant protests and riots have swept the country in the week after a deadly knife attack in Southport, England, fuelled by false rumours that the suspect was an asylum seeker. In recent days, far-right groups on social media have circulated a list of more than 30 anti-immigration protests scheduled for tonight at asylum centres and immigration firms across the UK. It was unclear how many locations would attract sizeable crowds; in many locations, the group "Stand Up To Racism" had organised counterprotests ahead of the planned protests. (Photo by Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)