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An army of Europe’s most dangerous neo-Nazis have been spreading their race hate by exploiting homeless people at a Scottish charity.

Thugs from the National Rebirth of Poland – aka Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP) – have been donating food, sweets and clothes to rough sleepers at a Catholic mission in Glasgow.

The NOP have also been linked to acts of violence, including a 2015 attack on a music festival in Tottenham.

The news comes after they boasted on their website: “Another action within the framework of the campaign ‘Rescue for White Europeans’ carried out in Glasgow .

“Activists delivered to the Legion of Mary – Wayside Club ( Catholic soup kitchen and aid centre for the poor) clothing, food and sweets. The resort prepares daily meals for the needy among which is too many of our compatriots.”

It is thought that the club’s organisers were unaware of the extremist Polish group’s ulterior motives.

The NOP spearhead a trend of foreign-born far-right supporters ­living in the UK and are considered to be one of the most active neo-Nazi groups.

Centred mainly in London, Manchester and the south-east, the group are believed to have about 100 members in the UK.

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Members of the group are understood to have attacked a free music festival in north London 18 months ago, stabbing an anti-fascist campaigner and racially assaulting a Jewish man.

An expert on fascism confirmed the NOP were now focussing on Scotland.

Professor Nigel Copsey, of Teesside University’s Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies, said: “The National Rebirth of Poland has co-operated with the BNP in the past, and the now-banned National Action.

“These groups learn from each other and this is one way the far-right try to embed themselves within local communities.”

Nicola Hay, of Show Racism the Red Card Scotland, said the Polish group were preying on the homeless and needy.

She added: “It’s deeply worrying that the National Rebirth of Poland are targeting the most vulnerable in our society to spread hate, and further entrench the divisive climate we find ourselves in.”

Last year, NOP thugs joined forces with homegrown neo-Nazis to set up a food bank for “whites only” in Glasgow.

Anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate said: “Polish security services take their activities in the UK so seriously they’re believed to have at least one full-time officer monitoring them.”

Police Scotland said they were unaware of the Polish group’s activities.