Right-wing Dutch MP set to enter UK

12 April 2012

Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders will be allowed into the UK on Friday after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he was "not minded" to refuse him entry.

Mr Wilders, who won an appeal on Tuesday against the decision to turn him away in February, is due to arrive at Heathrow on Friday morning.

The Home Office said it "stood by" that decision and warned Mr Wilders his "statements and behaviour" could lead to him being turned away in future.

But a spokesman said Mr Johnson was "not minded" to recommend refusal "on this occasion".

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