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Extra right-wing extremists have been referred to the federal government’s counter terrorism programme Stop than Islamist extremists final yr, as new figures present as referrals have reached a document excessive.
There have been 8,778 referrals of people to the federal government’s anti-extremism scheme within the yr to March 2025, Residence Workplace figures present.
This up 27 per cent on the earlier yr is the very best variety of referrals recorded because the present knowledge sequence started in April 2015.
Excessive right-wing issues accounted for 21 per cent (1,798) of referrals, in comparison with 10 per cent (870) for Islamist extremism.
The proportion of referrals for excessive right-wing issues elevated yr on yr barely, from 19 to 21 per cent, whereas the proportion for Islamist extremism fell from 13 to 10 per cent.
Nearly 4 in ten have been 11 to 15-year-olds, who accounted for the biggest proportion with 3,192 referrals, adopted by 16-17-year-olds who made up 1,178 circumstances.
Simply over a 3rd of individuals flagged to the scheme had at the very least one psychological well being or neurodiversity situation, the figures present.
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