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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech

Abir Al-Sahlani in a white suit speaks at a podium in a parliamentary chamber
Abir Al-Sahlani addressing the European parliament last year. Her complaint relates to the aftermath of chants in the parliament of ‘send them back’. Photograph: Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images

A Swedish MEP has filed a police complaint accusing a fellow MEP of racist hate speech after she was targeted on social media over her condemnation of far-right, anti-immigration chants in the European parliament.

The complaint, which was filed last week with police in Sweden, relates to the aftermath last month of the decision by some rightwing MEPs to erupt in chants of “send them back” following a vote aimed at increasing deportations across the EU.

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