"Our women, our daughters are scared to walk the streets, Tommy Robinson told tens of thousands of cheering supporters at last Saturday's unite the kingdom rally. Their safety has been taken from them, he said, his voice croaking from the strain of shouting into his microphone. Communities were crumbling, he added, at the hands of open border, mass uncontrolled immigration. The need to protect women and children from the threat posed by illegal immigration has this summer become an increasingly frequent rallying cry used by politicians on the right to justify a hardening anti-immigrant rhetoric."
"Focus on the pressures posed by immigration on jobs, housing and schools has increasingly been replaced in the prevailing anti-immigration rhetoric by the characterisation of migrants as sexual predators. Last month Nigel Farage said anger over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers was moving from concern over fairness why on earth are people being given all these things to very much about the safety of women and children. Reform's first female MP Sarah Pochin said: We are the only party that is talking about what we need to do to protect women and children from the ever-increasing number of illegal migrants living in our communities."
Speakers at right-wing rallies claim women and daughters are scared to walk the streets and that their safety has been taken by open-border, uncontrolled immigration. Political rhetoric has shifted from concerns about jobs, housing and schools to portraying migrants as sexual predators posing threats to women and children. Prominent figures link anger over asylum housing to fears for women’s safety. Reform politicians emphasize protecting women and children from illegal migrants living in communities. Observers question when far-right messaging re-emerged, why women are cast as uniquely vulnerable, and how accurate links between sexual assault and illegal immigration are.
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