Responding to Government's 2025 statistics on prevent referrals, which showed the highest number since the programme came into place, Alba Kapoor, Racial Justice Lead at Amnesty International said:

"Once again, Prevent’s own data shows it cannot tackle rising extremism. It is an ineffective, discriminatory programme which is not compliant with international human rights law. As these statistics show, 80% of cases referred were not deemed in need of intervention by Channel, the UK government’s deradicalisation programme. In the meantime, extremist and racist sentiments continues to rise."

"It is particularly concerning that such a high proportion of referrals are children or neurodiverse people, who often need support rather than being treated as potential terrorists."

"If we want to effectively tackle extremism, we need tangible efforts to address racism and hatred in our society. For people at risk of extremism, we need a multi-agency safeguarding approach, particularly within schools, rather than further clampdowns on our civil liberties in the name of counter terrorism.”