Far-right activist Tommy Robinson says he is being detained at Mexican airport
Source: The Guardian
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson says he is being detained at Mexican airport
English Defence League founder at Cancún airport trying to go on holiday despite claiming bankruptcy
Clea Skopeliti
Sat 2 Apr 2022 17.38 BST
Last modified on Sat 2 Apr 2022 17.39 BST
The far-right activist Tommy Robinson has said he has been detained in Mexico while attempting to visit the country on holiday, despite repeated claims of bankruptcy.
The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, shared a video on Saturday saying that he had been detained in Cancún airport upon arrival with his children.
“I’m being deported as a matter of national security,” Robinson says in the video, in which he questions the decision to detain him, claiming to have done nothing but “criticise Islam”. Robinson has been convicted in the UK for fraud, stalking, assault, using someone else’s passport, using threatening behaviour, and contempt of court.
Robinson said his three children were with a friend who was travelling with them.
The video emerged the week after he failed to attend a high court hearing where he was to be questioned about his finances after losing a libel case. ...
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/02/far-right-activist-tommy-robinson-says-he-is-being-detained-at-mexican-airport
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