Anti-migrant demonstrators faced off against anti-racism
counter-protesters this evening outside a hotel on the south coast used
to house asylum seekers.
Protesters gathered outside the Royal
Beach Hotel in Southsea, Hampshire, on August 1, waving flags and
calling for the hotel’s closure.
Anti-migrant demonstrations have
taken place across the South of England today, in locations including
Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth.
All the protests are
taking place at locations where the government are housing migrants
while their asylum applications are processed.
In Southsea,
counter-protesters from Stand Up to Racism Portsmouth staged an event at
the same location, holding signs reading ‘Refugees welcome’.
The
day of protests on the south coast follows similar recent unrest in
Epping, where a series of demonstrations have taken place calling for
the closure of The Bell Inn, a hotel used on and off for the last five
years as accommodation for asylum seekers....<<<Read More>>>...
