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From the BBC:
Protests greet far-right Dutch MP
Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders has arrived in London where he is due to give a news conference near the Houses of Parliament.
Mr Wilders, who faces trial in his own country for inciting hatred against Muslims, was allowed into the UK after a previous ban on him was lifted.
About 20 protesters have gathered in Westminster, some holding banners proclaiming "Islam will be superior".
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Mr Wilders had tried to visit in February to show his controversial film Fitna, which links the Koran to terrorism, but he was turned back by immigration officials at Heathrow airport on the grounds that his views could stir up "inter-faith violence".
However, on Tuesday the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled there was no evidence to suggest he represented a real and serious threat to the "fundamental interest" of society.
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Officials say his case differs from that of a larger number of individuals - including Islamic extremists and white supremacists - who are on a list of people excluded from Britain for "unacceptable behaviour".
The power to impose such exclusions was introduced in 2005, following the London bombings, and applies predominantly to non-EU nationals who would seek to "foster hatred or promote terrorism".
Earlier this week, Mr Wilders told BBC Radio 5 live his intention had only ever been "to have a debate about freedom of speech and the threat of Islamisation of our Western societies".
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Protests greet far-right Dutch MP
Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders has arrived in London where he is due to give a news conference near the Houses of Parliament.
Mr Wilders, who faces trial in his own country for inciting hatred against Muslims, was allowed into the UK after a previous ban on him was lifted.
About 20 protesters have gathered in Westminster, some holding banners proclaiming "Islam will be superior".
(snip)
Mr Wilders had tried to visit in February to show his controversial film Fitna, which links the Koran to terrorism, but he was turned back by immigration officials at Heathrow airport on the grounds that his views could stir up "inter-faith violence".
However, on Tuesday the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled there was no evidence to suggest he represented a real and serious threat to the "fundamental interest" of society.
(snip)
Officials say his case differs from that of a larger number of individuals - including Islamic extremists and white supremacists - who are on a list of people excluded from Britain for "unacceptable behaviour".
The power to impose such exclusions was introduced in 2005, following the London bombings, and applies predominantly to non-EU nationals who would seek to "foster hatred or promote terrorism".
Earlier this week, Mr Wilders told BBC Radio 5 live his intention had only ever been "to have a debate about freedom of speech and the threat of Islamisation of our Western societies".
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