More than 150 reports of anti-Muslim hate were made to a charity monitoring the issue in the wake of Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally last month. In the seven days following the Unite the Kingdom rally – which saw more than 100,000 people turned out in central London as well as around 5,000 anti-racism demonstrators on September 13 – Tell Mama said it received 157 anti-Muslim hate cases reported. The organisation said victims of anti-Muslim hate had reported being told to “leave the UK” and “go back to your country“, and said such comments appear linked to “political discourse around migration”. Tell Mama said it wanted to highlight that the national debate around migration is “having real-world impacts on the lives of people going about their daily activities”. Iman Atta, director of Tell Mama, described the latest figures as “shocking” and predicted the full year numbers could end up surpassing a previous high in 2024 when there were more than 6,000 cases of anti-Muslim hate reported to Tell Mama.