A British national is facing deportation from Australia after his visa was cancelled for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols.

The government has revoked the 43-year-old man’s visa after he was charged on 8 December with displaying a Nazi symbol and advocating for violence against the Jewish community on social media, according to Australian Federal Police.

Police did not name the man but said he was living in the state of Queensland.

He has been detained by immigration authorities and will be deported unless he departs on his own first.

Police said the man displayed a Nazi Hakenkreuz, a type of swastika, and adopted “pro-Nazi ideology with a specific hatred of the Jewish community” on two X accounts from October to November.

According to police, after X blocked the man’s primary account, he created a second handle with a similar name “to continue posting offensive, harmful and targeted content”.

“If you come to Australia on a visa, you are here as a guest,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commenting on the British citizen.