(BBC) Most of London’s anti-terrorism referrals are for “Islamist activity,” bucking a national trend, London’s Police and Crime Committee has heard.
Latest figures from Prevent show there were more than three times the number of referrals compared to right-wing extremism, the meeting heard.
London Assembly members were putting questions to the Met Police and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.
Met Police Commander Dom Murphy said: “Our focus is where the threat exists.”
Prevent is a key part of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy and places public bodies, including schools and the police, under a legal duty to identify people who may turn to extremism, and intervene in their lives before it is too late.
