Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U19 cricket team
🐿️ The Squirrel's Take
This mix-up highlights how misinformation and racial profiling can lead to embarrassing and potentially dangerous situations for innocent groups.
💡 Why it matters
It underscores the real-world consequences of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the need for accurate information before taking action.
Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel targeting what they believed were asylum seekers, but the group was actually the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team. The protest was called off after the mistake was discovered.
📡 Where we spotted it (2)
The Guardian
Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
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BBC News
Crowd gathers after Pakistani cricket team mistaken for migrants
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