UK Reportedly Bans Australian Influencer Amid Move Against ‘Far Right Agitators’

Online influencer Avi Yemini has reportedly been banned from entering the United Kingdom ahead of a conservative rally to be held in London at the weekend.

The notice denying Yemini entry came just days after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to block right-leaning attendees flying in for the rally led by British influencer Tommy Robinson.

“I wasn’t even planning to go to Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally this weekend,” Yemini said in a statement.

“No visa application, no flights, no speakers list: nothing. I had zero intention of hopping on a plane to London.

“Yet the UK Home Office still banned me.”

Yemini said he received the correspondence on May 13 after originally applying for an Electronic Travel Authorisation— a type of pre-clearance—around 18 months ago.

The Jewish-Australian influencer was told his presence would be rejected because it “would not be conducive to the public good” and he could not appeal the decision.

Yemini said he had previously travelled to the UK without issue.

The Epoch Times contacted the UK Home Office for comment.

Starmer Bans Conservatives

On May 12, UK Prime Minister Starmer announced that he would block “far right agitators” from entering the country.

“We will not allow people to come to the UK, threaten our communities and spread hate on our streets,” he said.

Starmer said Robinson’s planned march was “designed to confront and intimidate this diverse city and this diverse country.”

Popular Dutch influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek says she was also caught up in the UK’s ban.

“Starmer … admitted he banned me and other commentators from travelling to the UK because we would ‘set back communities,'” she said.

“Yet mass third-world migration doesn’t bother him …”

In a post on X, British commentator Robinson said several conservative or right-leaning figures had been shut out of the UK.

“Since when is freedom of speech and open discourse not in the public good?” he asked.

The conservative Great British Political Action Committee penned a letter to the government expressing concern over what the group termed a “profound and troubling escalation in the use of executive power against political dissent.”

The group criticised the use of the term “far right agitators.”

“We therefore call upon the government to publish the specific legal and factual basis upon which these exclusions have been made,” the group said.