Far-right wing YouTuber Lauren Southern tours Lakemba flanked with security

FAR RIGHT Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern has been largely ignored as she walked the streets of Lakemba with a pack of security guards claiming she needed them because of her incorrect claim there had been race riots in the suburb.

ALT-RIGHT provocateur YouTuber Lauren Southern has been largely ignored as she walked the streets of Lakemba with a pack of security guards, claiming she needed them.

Southern is in Sydney for an event tomorrow night as part of a tour in Australia with fellow right wing speaker Stefan Molyneux. She is charging more than $700 for a ticket.

YouTuber Lauren Southern walks Lakemba streets with her security and media team. Picture: Tim Pascoe

The outspoken 23-year-old Canadian paraded the main roads of Lakemba, a town she said she had been told “did not fit in with Australian culture”.

Southern said she was filming in Lakemba “just to see what the culture is like”.

Southern said she did not think people in Lakemba were adapting to Australian culture because she had not heard many people speaking English. Picture: Tim Pascoe

“What do I think so far? I think it doesn’t really look like Australia here, (because of) the fact that I can hardly hear people speaking English,” she said.

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“It’s the fact that people here are clearly not adapting to the Western culture, the signs aren’t in English.”

Police talking to Southern as she headed towards Lakemba Mosque with her crew. Picture: Tim Pascoe

She agreed not to speak to anyone when she entered the mosque. Picture: Tim Pascoe

Local police stopped the extreme right-wing activist before she approached the Lakemba Mosque, telling her there were “grave concerns” her presence would be “offensive” to the Islamic community.

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After a discussion on the multiculturism of the area and what Southern intended to do there, the YouTuber agreed to walk through the area filming but not to speak to anyone.

Southern expressed concern that not many signs in Lakemba were in English. Picture: Tim Pascoe

Locals did not pay a lot of attention to the visitors. Picture: Tim Pascoe

Police said locals found Haldon St safe to walk around. Picture: Tim Pascoe

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Southern said she brought a security team with her because she was a critic of Islam.

A photo from Southern’s Instagram account.

Yesterday Southern came under fire for a photo she shared of a Darling Harbour accommodation advertisement looking for an “Asian Only” couple.

“Just got to Sydney and already seeing the lovely impacts of multiculturalism,” she tweeted along with the photo.