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I’m a reporter from South East Kent covering the stories that the mainstream media manipulate. I show the truth, what’s actually happening, without any fabrications. No fake news here.
—Steve Laws, misrepresenting what he does

Migrant Hunters are predominantly far-right anti-migrant activists who hang around migrant entry points and turn up unannounced at migrant accommodation centres and hotels housing migrants to threaten and harass staff, security and the migrants themselves.[1][2] Some coming from the so-called "auditing" movement pose as citizen journalists, attempt to provoke reactions, and video their encounters for posting online as rage-bait. They also use leafleting, banners and online forums to further encite hatred and mass protest at the site.

We're going on a migrant hunt[edit]

Over Summer 2020 a number of so-called "citizen journalists", including Alan "Active Patriot UK" Leggett, Neil "The Little Veteran" Marcham, Chris Johnson, Steve Laws and Christopher "Tyrant Finder UK" Batt, living out of their cars or in long-term hostels, filming the beaches of the south coast and chasing down any arriving migrants. These videos from the "front line" went viral on far right social media reonforcing the false narrative of a migrant invasion.[3]

Many of these "journalist" obtained fake press credentials from the "English Press Association" (not to be confused with the actual Press AssociationWikipedia) by paying £120 to the equally fake "The Workers of England Union" affiliated with the "English TUC" (not to be confused with the real Trades Union CongressWikipedia) formed by far right-wing, anti-immigrant, racists from the English Democrats.[4] Following a High Court injuction the organisational affiliation on the cards was changed to the "English Media Group".[5]

Who's who of hunters[edit]

Amanda "Yorkshire Rose" Smith[edit]

Amanda "Yorkshire Rose" Smith is a racist conspiracy theorist who describes herself as a “real journalist”[6] while real journalists describe her as Britain's most prolific "migrant hunter".[7]

Alan "Active Patriot UK" Leggett[edit]

Alan "Active Patriot UK" Leggett

Leggett came to prominence live-streaming speeches and making loving montages from the protests outside Tommy Robinson’s 2019 Old Bailey trial. By the end of 2020 Leggett had established himself as a Robinson-style “citizen journalist” documenting cross-Channel migration and spearheading an explosion in anti-migrant activism.[3]

References[edit]

  1. Migrant-Hunters Hope Not Hate
  2. The money grabbing “Migrant Hunters” (12 March 2021) Antifascist Research Collective
  3. 3.0 3.1 State of Hate 2021: Backlash, Conspiracies & Confrontation Hope Not Hate
  4. The Workers of England Union Explained (10 March 2022) Hope Not Hate
  5. PA wins High Court injunction against union issuing ‘fake’ press passes to ‘citizen journalists’ (13 January 2021) PA Media
  6. ‘Migrant hunts’ double in one year by Matt Dathan, Dominic Kennedy and Ben Ellery (February 17, 2023) The Times
  7. ‘Are You Paying for this Room?’ Three Years of Far-Right Attacks on Migrant Hotels by Sian Norris (February 28, 2023) Byline Times