Despite an uptick in anti-immigration protests, many politicians sympathetic to the protesters are still loosening labour laws
The crowd demanded that Britain be protected from immigrants – in particular those seen as Muslim – and their impact on rising prices.
Yet, this steady stream of anti-immigrant rhetoric does not necessarily correlate with tougher policies on immigration. For example, despite the Conservatives being in power for 14 years, net migration levels during that time were more than two-and-a-half times what they were in 2010, when the Labour Party was in power.
Similarly, despite its anti-immigration views, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has announced it will provide 500,000 work visas for non-EU nationals in the next three years. That is in addition to a pledge of 450,000 such visas between 2023 and 2025.
Anti-racism protests sweep UK after far-right riots against immigration
