Thousands of anti-racism protesters have rallied in towns and cities across England after a week of anti-immigrant rioting and disorder. Mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers were among places targeted during the disorder, with some shops burnt out and looted
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00:00Thousands gathered on the streets of the UK at anti-racist rallies held across the nation.
00:06The demonstrations came following anti-immigrant riots which had gripped the country earlier
00:10this week following a fatal knife attack on children.
00:14Misinformation spread through social media claimed the attacker was an immigrant and
00:19a Muslim.
00:20The majority of people in Britain are for a multicultural society and are against the
00:26violence of the racists and the fascists.
00:28For a moment it looked like they could cower people off the streets.
00:32For a moment it looked like the fear was going to win over.
00:36But by organising, by drawing on the lessons of the past, that if we organise we can win,
00:42we showed we could turn this around.
00:44But it's only the beginning, it's just the start.
00:47In London, thousands assembled outside Reform.uk's office to accuse British politician Nigel
00:52Farage of inciting fascist rioters.
00:56The predicament is a microcosm of broader challenges confronting many European countries
01:02as they face a series of problems relating to migration and the rise of the far right.