Dutch far-right influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek – known for peddling conspiracy theories and Islamophobic anti-immigration rhetoric – has been banned from travelling to the UK.
Vlaardingerbroek had her UK electronic travel authorisation (ETA) revoked on Tuesday.
She was a speaker at Tommy Robinson’s “Unite The Kingdom” (UTK) rally in September 2025, when tens of thousands of far-right supporters marched through the streets of central London.
She was hoping to return to the UK in May for the next scheduled UTK rally.
The reason for the cancellation of Vlaardingerbroek’s ETA was cited as: “Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good.”
Vlaardingerbroek quickly took the news of her travel ban to her large social media following of over 1.2 million on X to compare her situation to the “thousands of illegal immigrants” entering the UK every day.
“Nobody’s asking them [immigrants] to be conducive to the public good,” Vlaardingerbroek said in a video on X.
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Who is Ela Vlaardingerbroek?
Vlaardingerbroek describes herself as a “shieldmaiden of the far right” and peddles the term “Generation Remigration” across her social media and merchandise.
“Generation Remigration” is a far-right buzzword regarded as a euphemism for forced mass deportations of immigrants.
Vlaardingerbroek is one of many anti-immigration influencers on social media platform X who promote conspiracy theories regarding immigration, such as the “great replacement” theory, and has built an audience by capitalising on polarising societal views, fuelling far-right conspiracies about immigration.
At the UTK rally last year, the largest-ever far-right protest organised by the notorious far-right Islamophobe Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Vlaardingerbroek was one of many leading speakers.
“They are demanding the sacrifice of our children on the altar of mass migration. Let’s not beat around the bush – this is the rape, replacement and murder of our people… Remigration is possible, and it’s up to us to make it happen,” Vlaardingerbroek said in her speech.
Polarising views
Vlaardingerbroek also posted a hostile and inflammatory post on X regarding UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer a few days before she was notified of her travel ban.
“Keir Starmer wants to crack down on X under the pretence 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.”
Vlaardingerbroek’s post was referencing a recent disturbing trend regarding X’s AI tool, Grok, which began to employ AI image-editing features, which some users began to abuse to depict women and children without clothes or in sexual positions.
Many supporters of Vlaardingerbroek, including herself, claim that the ban was due to this controversial post, and that it signified the draconian laws of a UK that is “no longer a free country.”
Liz Truss, who briefly served as Prime Minister for 49 days in 2022, offered her support for Vlaardingerbroek as she has taken on increasingly right-wing views since leaving office: “People who tell the truth about what’s happening in Britain banned from the country,” Truss wrote on X.
Conservative anti-immigration MP Rupert Lowe also criticised the move to ban Vlaardingerbroek, claiming he would be questioning why the Dutch national had been prevented from entering the UK and would be calling for any such decision to be reversed.
This is not the first time the UK government has banned individuals they deem as “hateful” or controversial from entering the country.
Earlier this month, prominent American Islamic speaker Dr Shadee Elmasry was banned from the UK after he came under attack via a Zionist campaign which objected to his pro-resistance, anti-Israel views.
