Content creators film themselves in asylum seekers' home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 13:58 · Archive

Content creators describing themselves as English nationalists filmed themselves entering a property housing asylum seekers in Leicestershire.

Content creators describing themselves as English nationalist citizen journalists filmed themselves entering a property in Leicestershire housing asylum seekers. The three men accessed the house through an unlocked back door, moved through several rooms including the kitchen, and told the residents they were contractors assessing the property for repairs.

When they encountered three men believed to be asylum seekers in the kitchen, they asked whether the property was run by Serco, a Home Office contractor used for asylum seeker accommodation, and whether residents had paperwork. One resident confirmed the Serco connection but said he did not have paperwork. When asked for identification, the man filming briefly showed a lanyard, though it is unclear what information it displayed.

The video, titled 'HMO Hunting in Leicestershire', was posted to the Truthhurts101UK YouTube account and X account, which describes itself as covering immigration, demographic change and policing. YouTube removed the video for violating its terms of service, but it remains on X where it has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. A Home Office accommodation provider has launched an investigation.

How it is being reported

• Probe as anti-migrant activists film themselves entering HMO and questioning 'asylum seekers'The footage, titled 'HMO Hunting in Leicestershire', was shared online by the group Truthhurts101UK which has almost 57,000 followers on X.Daily Mail · 15 Oct, 13:42
• ‘English nationalist’ content creators film themselves in asylum seekers’ houseVideo posted online shows men entering home through unlocked door and claiming to be looking for paperwork A Home Office accommodation provider has launched an investigation after “English nationalist” content creators posing as contractors filmed themselves entering a property housing asylum seekers. The video, titled “HMO Hunting in Leicestershire”, was posted to the Truthhurts101UK YouTube account, which describes itself as being run by an “English nationalist citizen journalist” and claims to cover “immigration, demographic change, policing and stories others overlook”. The footage was…Guardian World · 14 Oct, 15:08

In this story: Truthhurts101UK · Serco · Leicestershire · Fleckney · YouTube · X

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