Migrant hotel protests erupt across Britain as public fury intensifies | UK | News
With the demonstrations held in Norwich, Leeds, Southampton, Southampton and Nottinghamshire, protests in England this weekend as anger increased on the use of hotels to immigrants.
In Norwich, hundreds of people gathered outside the Brook Hotel, who waved the union flags because of their concerns about public security. Similar scenes have been reported in other cities and more protests are expected on Sunday.
A largely peaceful protest in Nottinghamshire was briefly stretched when a group of masked clients based on racism banners entered the main crowd. The police took a step to accompany them before more incidents.
Concerns about security are fed by two high -profile convictions. In April, Dan Tesfalul, who was Eritrea, was imprisoned for eight years for raping a woman in Norwich. Later in June, Yemen National Rashid Al-Weli sent a sexual message to someone he believed to be a 14-year-old child, after the child received a 20-month penalty for sex crimes.
Protest with the flag of unity
20 -year -old Sophie, who did not give her surname, said to Telegraph: “Absolutely stoned. Go back to the early 2000s, women just walked home from pub at night. I wouldn’t even think about doing this now.
26 -year -old Louis Bunn participated in the Norwich protest with a union flag and expressed fears about the future of his young daughter. “I’m not a fascist,” he said. “I am not extremely right. I was voting for the Labor Party. But please, we all need to come together.
The demonstrators chanting slogans targeting the workers’ leader Sir Keir Starmer, supporting cars. The protest was pioneered by the Veterans of the Armed Forces who camped outside the hotel overnight.
58 -year -old Ian Curry, who served in the Royal Marine Posts, said, “Women and children in this country are not safe. The show is for this. Where is all the money coming for these hotels?”
23 -year -old Callum Creak added: “You hear the horror story after the horror story. These inferior things and definitely support the closure of hotels. There must be a two -party problem.”
Eping disorder
In Leeds, demonstrators other than Britannia Hotel were heard to the asylum seekers shouting, “Go back on your rubber boots,” he was shouting. Other protests were held at Bournemouth, Southampton and Sutton-in-Ashfield in EPPING, Wolverhampton and Altrincham.
Disorder in EPPING began in July after being accused of kissing a 14 -year -old girl of an asylum seeker. Since then, the police have made 18 arrests and seven people have accused of ongoing protests. The EPPING Forest Zone Council called the government to close the hotel used for asylum processing.
This week, there were also protests at the four -star Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf and planned to host immigrants of the home office.
The home office data in March 2025 shows that approximately 32,000 asylum seekers are located in about 210 hotels throughout the country. Channel transitions have reached record levels this year and have arrived 24,000 so far – 50 percent increase.
Norfolk Constabulary confirmed two arrests on Saturday in connection with previous protests at Brook Hotel.
