Australia has joined a list of countries issuing safety warnings to their citizens over Britain’s anti-immigration protests and riots.
It comes after Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia all advised their nationals living in or visiting the UK to avoid far-right demonstrations.
Violent protests have rocked Britain this week after misinformation about the identity of a man arrested on suspicion of murdering three young girls in Southport spread online.
The Australian government told its citizens to ‘exercise a high degree of caution’ and to stay away from the areas where protests are taking place in an update today.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs similarly issued a travel alert for the UK saying there is ‘an increased risk of violence and disorder occasioned by the recent riots in the UK’.
Australia has joined a list of countries issuing safety warnings to their citizens over Britain’s anti-immigration protests and riots. Pictured: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
A car on fire in Sunderland. Chaos has engulfed Britain this week leaving cops with broken bones, cars set on fire, shops looted and innocent civilians are targeted on the streets
Pictured: A man throws a brick during a protest in Liverpool
The ministry added that the violence had now ‘assumed dangerous proportions’.
Yesterday Malaysia was the first country to issue a warning over travel to the UK – urging it’s citizens already living there to ‘remain vigilant’.
The statement released by Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: ‘Malaysians residing in or travelling to the United Kingdom are urged to stay away from protest areas, remain vigilant and follow the latest updates and guidance provided by local authorities.’
The warning comes as the first suspected rioters were hauled before the courts today.
Curtis Coulson, who is accused of waving a stick ‘in a threatening manner’ towards a woman during a riot in Sheffield, wiped away tears throughout his 20 minute-long hearing.
The 30-year-old, who denied one charge of affray, became even more upset when he was refused bail and remanded in custody at Sheffield Magistrates Court. He was among at least 25 riot suspects to be hauled before court today.
Leanne Hodgson, 43, admitted violent disorder after pushing a wheelie bin at police in Sunderland. She was also remanded in custody, as her lawyer told magistrates that she had an ‘alcohol problem’ and suffered from poor mental health.
Meanwhile, in Liverpool, 28-year-old career criminal Adam Wharton pleaded guilty to burglary in relation to serious disorder on Saturday night at Spellow Library in Walton, which was torched and looted.
He said ‘nice one lad’ as he was led down to the cells.
A fight breaks out between anti-fascists and other people protesting in Blackpool
Hundreds of protesters marching the streets of Hanley
Police stand in riot gear next to the mosque on St Luke’s road, Southport
Protesters outside a mosque in Southport on Tuesday following a vigil
Protesters clash with police in Bristol on Saturday
Yesterday Britain faced another day of violent riots with a migrant hotel in Rotherham targeted by protesters.
The BBC reported that balaclava-clad people were seen forcing their way inside.
Objects and pieces of wood were flung at officers who had lined up in front of the building with at least one cop in riot gear being carried away by their colleagues.
One person’s face was seen completely covered with a Union Jack mask while they waved a large England flag outside the hotel while others swung back cans of beers while chanting offensive slogans.
The violent unrest was triggered on Tuesday when misinformation spread across social media claiming that the teenager suspected of killing Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine was a radical Muslim migrant.
Police have named the suspect as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana who was born in Cardiff to Christian parents from Rwanda. Rudakubana has since been charged with murder and attempted murder.
The misinformation sparked far-right protests across the country. Hull, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester, Blackpool and Belfast have also seen violence erupt – with many police forces being pushed to breaking point.
Police officers detain a woman during a protest in Nottingham Market Square
People taking part in an anti-Islamic protest attack a cafe in Botanic Avenue in Belfast
Police officers attend to a colleague after a face-off with protesters in Liverpool on August 3
People protest in Liverpool, following the stabbing attacks on Monday in Southport
A man throws a brick during a protest in Liverpool on Saturday
One horrifying video taken in Hull shows a a mob of rioters charging towards a grey vehicle in a car park, as they yell racial slurs at the driver.
As the video goes on, onlookers can be heard shouting for police, as a group of men surround the vehicle.
A shopping trolley can be seen mounted on the front of the car, as one rioter, covered by a cap and a bandana around his face, can be seen reaching inside it.
The man recording can be heard explaining that there are ‘foreigners in the car’.
The windscreen also appears to be smashed, and the wipers appear to have been pulled upwards.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged his ‘full support’ for police to take action against ‘extremists’ attempting to ‘sow hate’ by intimidating communities – as he held emergency talks with ministers over the unrest in parts of England.
And Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said people involved in the clashes ‘will pay the price’ and that ‘criminal violence and disorder has no place on Britain’s streets’.
