Britain keeping close eye on PEGIDA

Deutsche Welle reported in January 2015 that the United Kingdom did not currently have an exact equivalent to PEGIDA in Germany. It did have an anti-Islamisation street movement in the English Defence League (EDL), but this group was not as avowedly anti-violence as PEGIDA and thus had not drawn the same kind of mass support. Nonetheless, it was certainly true that Britain was currently experiencing its own wave of anti-immigration sentiment, with the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) gaining traction and pushing the debate to the right ahead of the 2015 general election.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Social scientists slam PEGIDA for creating 'rift' / Germany set for new PEGIDA marches http://www.europeansources.info/record/social-scientists-slam-pegida-for-creating-rift-germany-set-for-new-pegida-marches/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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