Overview

• Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Friday, Ray said Instagram messages invoked “remigration” and warned him to “watch myself on the streets.”
• He linked the rise in targeted hostility to recent debates over migrants and the use of hotels for asylum seekers.
• Ray cited reports of anti-Muslim incidents, including a St George’s cross graffitied on South Essex Islamic Centre and an air rifle shot through a window at Wirral Deen Centre after a Union Jack was posted at its gates.
• He said Muslim members of the public and senior politicians have received violent threats, with some people now fearful of attending mosques.
• Ray added that fellow GMB presenters Alex Beresford, Sean Fletcher and Ranvir Singh have been subjected to persistent online trolling.