‘English nationalist’ content creators film themselves in asylum seekers’ house

The increasing use of houses of multiple occupancy as part of the government’s plans to phase out the use of hotels to house asylum seekers has given some activists a new target. Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

A Home Office accommodation provider has launched an investigation after “English nationalist” content creators posing as contractors filmed themselves entering a property housing asylum seekers.

The video, titled “HMO Hunting in Leicestershire”, was posted to the Truthhurts101UK YouTube account, which describes itself as being run by an “English nationalist citizen journalist” and claims to cover “immigration, demographic change, policing and stories others overlook”. The footage was also posted to the associated TH101UK’s X account, where is has been viewed more than 300,000 times.