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LONDON — Canadian far-right activist Lauren Southern tweeted Monday that she had been denied entry into Britain, as authorities there moved against the well-known YouTube personality and two other activists.

The Daily Mail reported that Southern, 22, was quizzed Monday by U.K. border officials in the French port of Calais as she prepared to travel to the U.K., where she was to interview Tommy Robinson, the controversial co-founder of the far-right English Defence League.

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The Mail said Southern was taken aside over concerns about an incident in the English city of Luton last month, in which she allegedly distributed racist, anti-Islamic material.

Southern is one of three far-right figures who say they have been denied entry to Britain in the past 72 hours after they were detained when trying to enter. The others are Austrian Martin Sellner of the Generation Identity group and American commentator Brittany Pettibone.