Anti-racist demonstrators and anti-asylum seeker protesters faced off across Highfield Lane again last night in hostile scenes that have become all too familiar to local residents (17/6/26). Anti-asylum seeker demonstrations and counter-demonstrations coordinated by Southampton Stand Up To Racism became a weekly feature of the Portswood street from summer...
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Southampton police issue a statement about ongoing anti-asylum seeker demonstrations and counter protests
Ahead of an anticipated further anti-asylum seeker protest and community unity demonstration tomorrow (3/4/26), Superintendent Alex Charge, District Commander for Southampton police, has made a statement on the ongoing demonstrations, which have been taking place since early summer last year. In a statement posted today (2/4/26) on social media,...
Anti-racist group form new women’s section and are back on a counter demonstration on Friday
Following their AGM on Monday, Southampton Stand Up To Racism announced that they will be launching a new group: Southampton Women Against The Far Right. In a statement on social media, they said that the group would be “part of a wider national initiative set up by Stand Up...
Despite low turn out of anti-asylum seeker protesters in Portswood on Friday, group set to return on Sunday
Anti-asylum seeker protesters have been back on the streets of Portswood, Southampton, with dwindling numbers since the beginning of the new year. But what they lack in actual people on the street they seem to be trying to make up for with the frequency of which they are gathering...