Abuse of suspected migrants not an ‘innocent mistake’, says UK equality campaigner

<p>Shabna Begum of Runnymede Trust says toxic rhetoric could lead to more vigilantism and violence </p><p>The vitriol faced by scouts and charity rowers mistaken for migrants was not an “innocent mistake”, a race equality campaigner has said, as she warned that toxic rhetoric could lead to more vigilantism and violence.</p><p>A wave of anti-migrant protests outside asylum hotels in recent weeks has been followed by growing reports of vigilantism, with people facing abuse after being mistaken for migrants.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/12/abuse-of-people-mistaken-for-migrants-not-an-innocent-mistake-says-uk-equality-campaigner">Continue reading...</a>