After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say level of harassment worse than during Brexit
MPs have raised the alarm about a rise in abuse linked to debates around immigration, with some reporting levels of online harassment and death threats worse than during the Brexit years.
The warning came after a weekend of protests and counter protests at hotels used to house asylum seekers, with 15 people arrested on Saturday and demonstrations continuing into Sunday.
One female member of parliament, who asked to remain anonymous, said she had this weekend reported an online rape threat linked to her support for asylum seekers to the police.
Shipley’s Labour MP, Anna Dixon, also said she had received death threats after the Conservative MP for Keighley and Ilkley, Robbie Moore, shared “misleading” information about her stance on grooming gangs.
