Lauren Southern detained at Calais: Right wing Canadian activist banned from entering UK

Barred: Far-right activist Lauren Southern
Lauren Southern/Facebook
Fiona Simpson13 March 2018

Canadian far right activist Lauren Southern has been refused entry to the UK.

Ms Southern was held by Border Force officials in Coquelles, France, this morning.

She was refused entry after it was deemed her presence “was not conducive to the public good”, the Home Office said.

Following the decision, Ms Southern wrote on Twitter: “They just locked me out and said "au revoir"... Officially banned from UK for "racism".. doing fine though, all the cool people are being banned anyway.”

According to reports, Ms Southern had been planning to meet Austrian Martin Sellner of the Generation Identity group and American commentator Brittany Pettibone in the UK.

The pair were also refused entry at Luton airport on Friday.

They were removed from the country on Sunday, a Home Office spokeswoman said.

The Home Office said they were unable to specify why the trio had been refused entry.

However, in a video interview with former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson Mr Sellner said he had planned to appear at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park on Sunday.

Ms Pettibone had allegedly been planning to interview Mr Robinson.

The Home Office spokeswoman said: “Both individuals were refused on policy grounds that their presence in the UK was not conducive to the public good.”

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