A far-right Norwegian activist who was denied entry to the UK is currently living in Dublin, running an anti-immigration group.

Tore Rasmussen came to Ireland after UK border forces denied him entry for his far-right ideologies, saying he "pose[d] a present, genuine, and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interests of society, including to public policy or public security”.

Rasmussen is one of the heads of Generation Identity UK & Ireland, a subdivision of the larger anti-immigration group Generation Identity.

This weekend, Tore and his group covered famous statues in Dublin and Belfast in burqas, with poster-boards placed in front of them with slogans like "The 'New' Irish?" and "The Future of Northern Ireland?".

In May Rasmussen was denied entry to the United Kingdom and detained overnight.


In a blog post, Rasmussen said that his detention and denial of entry were symptoms "that the British state has already gone far down the road in its suppression of what it terms ‘extremism.’ "

Now living in Dublin, Rasmussen runs the group's British and Irish division, along with Belfast woman Damhnait McKenna.

Generation Identity is a well organised right-wing movement, differing itself from other far-right groups already established in Ireland by their use of technology and genuine media savvy.

The group hit international headlines last year when a boat they were piloting had to be rescued off the coast of Libya, during an activist mission in which they were trying to prevent migrants crossing to Europe.

The group also ran a media-grabbing protest when they set up a human-barricade in the alps trying to stop migrants crossing the alps into Europe.

Generation Identity had its Facebook pages removed earlier this week. While the exact reason for this is unclear, i newspaper reported the group had violated Facebook's guidelines when it came to extremism.


The group called this "clearly a cynical attempt to nip the Identitarian Movement in bud".

The group has been described as one of the most dangerous anti immigration groups in Europe right now, largely due to their organisation, and their young member base, making the group appear fresh and appealing to young minds.