'They might come for me!' Nana Akua blasts report suggesting migration fears linked to extremism
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Government guidance classifies concerns about mass migration as 'potential terrorist ideology'
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GB News presenter Nana Akua has expressed alarm at Government guidance that could see her targeted for her views on migration. Speaking on her programme, she said: "They might come for me as well."
Her comments came in response to revelations that the Government's Prevent programme has classified concerns about mass migration as a form of "terrorist ideology" requiring intervention.
Fuming, Nana said: "Well, it's easy prey, isn't it? Going after people like Matt Goodwin, for example, could fall under the banner of somebody who needs some Prevent training.
"I suppose they might come for me as well. They might even come for the Prime Minister, because the Prime Minister has spoken about mass migration."
Nana Akua pointed out that the guidelines could include her
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Official documents reveal that an online training course hosted on the Government's website lists "cultural nationalism" as a belief that could lead to referral to the deradicalisation scheme.
The course defines this as encompassing a conviction that "Western culture is under threat from mass migration and a lack of integration by certain ethnic and cultural groups", according to materials seen by The Telegraph.
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Prevent's official "refresher awareness" course, hosted on Gov.uk, categorises "cultural nationalism" as one of the most common "sub-categories of extreme Right-wing terrorist ideologies", alongside white supremacism and white/ethno-nationalism.
Speaking about the guidance, Dr Rakib Ehsan told GB News: "I think the idea that this is something for our counter-extremism architecture to deal with, for me, is quite remarkable.
"We need to return to the bread and butter of Prevent being there to tackle and prevent people from being drawn into terrorism or terroristic extremist ideologies.
"Many of the views being expressed here under this so-called banner of cultural nationalism, for me, are just perfectly legitimate, mainstream centre-right views and, in my view, not extremist in the slightest.
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"And the thing is, as you said, well, it's a failed organisation. Let's look at Axel Rudakubana, referred to Prevent three times, and there we have it.
"He went on to do some heinous, heinous things. Of course, they found out that there were some sort of terrorist motivations underneath his behaviour. They need to be doing that kind of thing. Why are they not?
"I think it's so good that you flagged up that particular case, because the terror threat that the country is facing is changing all the time.
"Increasingly, we see these cases where it's almost a pick-and-mix approach to extremism, people drawing their ideological aspirations from different sources.
Her comments came in response to revelations that the government's Prevent programme has classified concerns about mass migration as a form of "terrorist ideology" requiring intervention.
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"That sort of neat far-right, far-left, Islamist categorisation misses out on those kinds of cases. I'd like to see Prevent modernise itself so it reflects the true threats which exist and how that's changed over time."
Personal details of those referred are retained on Prevent databases for at least six years and duplicated across police and intelligence systems.
Even if deemed to require "no further action", their names would remain on databases accessible by MI5, MI6, the Home Office, Border Force, HMRC, the Charity Commission and local safeguarding teams.
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