The UK Home Office Says There Will Be More Protests in the Coming Days

According to news on August 9, 2024, Diana Johnson, the UK minister of state for policing, fire and crime prevention at the Home Office, said on August 8 that the violent incidents across the UK on the evening of the 7th have eased compared to a few days ago, but this is just the beginning and intelligence indicates that there will be more protests in the coming days.

Recently, protests against the UK government's immigration policy have occurred in many places in the UK. In some areas, the protests escalated into large-scale riots. Since the protests began, about 140 people have been charged and more than 400 people have been arrested. The source of this riot was a knife attack at a children's dance class in Southport on July 29, which resulted in the deaths of 3 children and at least 8 injuries. Subsequently, false information on social platforms that the suspect was an immigrant and Muslim spread rapidly, triggering demonstrations centered on far-right groups and further escalating into nationwide riots.

UK Prime Minister Starmer described the violent riots as "far-right atrocities". Some ***ysts believe that in recent years, some British people's dissatisfaction with social realities such as the economic situation and their attribution of some contradictions in British society to the so-called immigration issue are the underlying causes of the riots. The Chinese embassies and consulates in the UK issued a notice on August 7 local time, reminding Chinese citizens in the UK, including Chinese tourists, to effectively strengthen security precautions.