UK reports record numbers referred to anti-radicalisation scheme

“Extreme right-wing” concerns account for the most referrals related to an ideology.

OPINION: 'Latest figures show almost 10,000 people were referred to Prevent in a ten year high, including hundreds of children. But it means the system is probably working in preventing radicalisation'

LONDON: A record number of people were reported last year to the United Kingdom's anti-radicalisation Prevent programme, the interior ministry said on Thursday (Aug 6), with "extreme right-wing" concerns accounting for the most referrals related to an ideology.The Prevent programme is part of the country's counter-terr