TRADE unionists have been urged to mobilise and offer support on the ground after far-right agitators exploited the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport to incite riots nationwide.

Over the week, mobs have targeted mosques and hotels housing asylum-seekers after dozens of rallies were circulated by far-right figures on social media. Over 150 arrests have been made.

Security guards told Sky News that asylum-seekers had been forced to sleep in the woods after protesters attacked their hotel and attempted to set it ablaze in Rotherham on Sunday.