MPs call on UK gov’t to ‘urgently’ extradite manosphere influencer Andrew Tate from Hong Kong

2026-03-19 - 12:52

UK members of parliament have reportedly called for Andrew Tate to be extradited from Hong Kong, prompting the controversial manosphere influencer to taunt the British government to “come get” him. A screenshot of a video posted on March 16, 2026, shows Tristan Tate (centre) and Andrew Tate (right) in Hong Kong before participating in a “villain hitting” ritual against American conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro. Photo: Cobratate, via X. “Here I am, I’m in Hong Kong. I’m going nowhere, come get me,” the British-American influencer said in a four-minute video posted on Wednesday afternoon, captioned “INNOCENT MEN DON’T RUN.” “Come extradite me. If you have such a strong case, extradite me,” he said, claiming that the real reason he was being prosecuted in the UK and Romania was because he had the power to “influence elections.” A screenshot of a video posted on March 18, 2026, shows British-American influencer Andrew Tate taunting the UK government to extradite him. Photo: Cobratate, via X. Tate and his brother Tristan, who face human trafficking and rape charges in Romania and the UK, were first spotted in Hong Kong on Saturday. As of Thursday evening, he was still posting footage of himself in the city. The self-described misogynist has a massive online following in the “manosphere,” an umbrella term for online communities that claim to address men’s struggles, ranging from topics such as fitness and financial advice to misogynistic beliefs and opposition to feminism. “MPs are saying, ‘We need to get Andrew Tate’ as if you don’t have a failing country with knife crime, drugs, migrants. I’m your concern?” Tate said from what appeared to be a balcony at the Rosewood hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Ending the video, Tate said: ”So, British government, I’m in Hong Kong. Come fucking get me.” ‘Urgent’ extradition request Sky News reported on Wednesday that Conservative MP and shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that the Tate brothers “face serious criminal allegations in the UK” and that the government “should urgently send an extradition request to Hong Kong.” “The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, should do this urgently,” Philp said. Liberal Democrat MP and the party’s home affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson was quoted as saying that the UK government “must not just sit back and allow this dangerous man to hide away from justice on the other side of the world.” Romanian authorities charged the Tate brothers in June 2023 with human trafficking and forming and organising a crime group to exploit women. Andrew Tate is also accused of rape. In August 2024, they faced new allegations in Romania, including sex with a minor and trafficking underage persons. A photo posted on March 16, 2026, shows Andrew Tate (right) and his younger brother Tristan Tate in Hong Kong. Photo: Cobratate, via X. UK authorities authorised 21 charges against the brothers in May 2025, including rape and human trafficking. The two have denied all allegations. Hong Kong lawmaker and former police officer Joe Chan told the South China Morning Post that the force could not arrest or extradite the Tates if the UK or Romania did not make requests, and that there was otherwise “nothing that Hong Kong police can do.” Hong Kong does not have an extradition treaty with Romania, whereas its agreement with the UK has been suspended since Beijing imposed the national security law in 2020. London last year proposed handling extradition requests on a case-by-case basis, but formal ties have not been re-established. According to Interpol’s website, there are no Red Notices for the arrest of either of the Tate brothers. Hong Kong police told HKFP on Wednesday that it had nothing to add aside from an earlier reply, saying the force “liaises regularly with the law enforcement agencies of the Chinese Mainland and overseas through established channels and mechanisms to exchange intelligence.”