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A Dutch anti-migrant campaigner claims she has been barred from visiting the UK after criticising Sir Keir Starmer over migrants and two-tier justice as well as supporting Tommy Robinson at a London march last year.

Eva Vlaardingerbroek, 29, has shared a Home Office message online revoking her £16 electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to Britain, with no appeal.

She says the decision is indisputable proof that Britain is ‘no longer a free country’.

‘I’m a Dutch citizen, I’m not a criminal, I’m not under suspicion of any crime, they’re giving me no due process. And yet there are people crossing your channel illegally and they’re able to enter and not me’, she said.

The Home Office ruling, which means she cannot visit the UK without a visa, said her potential presence was ‘not considered to be conducive to the public good’.

Ms Vlaardingerbroek, 29, a political activist dubbed ‘darling of the young Right’ in Europe, has been vocal in her condemnation of the Prime Minister and his Government’s approach to immigration as well as Sir Keir’s war of words with X owner Elon Musk over the social media platform’s AI feature Grok.

She attended the ‘Unite The Kingdom’ rally in London staged by Mr Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – last September, at which 26 police officers were injured and 24 people arrested when violence broke out.

She spoke at that event, calling for the ‘remigration’ of immigrants.

Ms Vlaardingerbroek, a former member of the Dutch far-right party Forum for Democracy, was hoping to return in May this year.

But her ETA, approved last summer, has been revoked with a few weeks left to run. The digital permission to travel to the UK, costing £16, allows someone travel to Britain for tourism, visiting family or certain other reasons for up to six months.

MP Rupert Lowe has said he has asked the Home Office to explain the decision. Eva’s supporters include Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, who tweeted: ‘You’re always welcome in Hungary’.

Tommy Robinson supporter Eva Vlaardingerbroek, an activist in the Netherlands, has posted a video on X talking about being denied an ETA to travel to the UK

Ms Vlaardingerbroek, 29, shared the message she says she received from the Government

The Home Office declined to comment on the case, including whether her ETA was pulled due to her support for Tommy Robinson and criticism of the Prime Minister.

But a department source insisted Ms Vlaardingerbroek is not banned from the UK.

In a video shared on X, where she has 1.2million followers, Ms Vlaardingerbroek said: ‘So I just got an email I didn’t expect – I have officially been banned from travelling to the United Kingdom.

‘I’m not allowed to enter the country because the UK government under Keir Starmer deems my presence in the UK, and I quote, “not conducive to the public good”.

‘I don’t know what that means. Since when is being conducive to the public good a requirement to enter a country?

‘I mean, especially the United Kingdom where, if I’m not mistaken, thousands of illegal immigrants enter through the Channel every day – every day.

‘Nobody’s asking them to be conducive to the public good. But I cannot come and now this email came out of the blue in a sense that I didn’t apply for an ETA.

‘I went back in September to join the Tommy Robinson rally where I spoke and I’m planning, I was planning to do that again in May. I guess not.’

She suggested the ban was linked to her criticism of Sir Keir over not only immigration but also his war of words with X owner Elon Musk over the social media platform’s controversial Grok app.

The AI feature on X has been condemned for allowing users to have photos manipulated, including undressing women and children – something which X now says it would no longer permit for pictures of real people.

Eva Vlaardingerbroek spoke at the ‘Unite The Kingdom’ rally in London last September

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She had written on X last Friday: ‘Keir Starmer wants to crack down on X under the pretense of ‘women’s safety’, whilst he’s the one allowing the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by migrant rape gangs. Evil, despicable man.’

Ms Vlaardingerbroek added in her latest online video: ‘The timing is quite suspicious, isn’t it?

‘Because three days ago I posted this, calling out his hypocrisy that he wants to ban X because of women’s safety while at the same time he’s the one who’s allowing these migrant gang rapes to happen.

‘Obviously he’s just doing that because he wants to ban free speech and that is also the reason I am now not anymore allowed to go to the UK.

‘But it’s pretty dystopian – I mean, it’s a very severe limitation of my freedom and, as it says in the email, I cannot appeal.

‘I’m not convicted of any crime, I’m not under suspicion of any crime – they just decided, Keir Starmer just decided that someone like me is not welcome in the UK.’

An estimated 150,000 protesters attended the ‘Unite The Kingdom’ protest in London, organised by Tommy Robinson, on September 13 last year

At least 26 police officers were injured with kicks and punches and 24 arrests were made on the day as violence broke out on the streets of the capital, the Metropolitan Police said

She has received backing online, with former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss sharing her post and adding: ‘People who tell the truth about what’s happening in Britain banned from the country.

‘People who come to the country to commit crime are allowed to stay.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán told Ms Vlaardingerbroek: ‘You’re always welcome in Hungary!’

The notification shared by Ms Vlaardingerbroek states: ‘Dear Eva Lotte Louise Vlaardingerbroek. Your UK ETA has been cancelled from 13 Jan 2026.

‘This means you cannot travel to the UK without a visa.

‘This is because: Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good. You cannot appeal this decision.’

Ms Vlaardingerbroek was previously a strident opponent of vaccines and lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.