Protest and counter-protest takes place outside asylum hotel

Protesters have gathered outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Falkirk.

Activists from Stand Up to Racism and the group Save Our Future and Our Kids Futures both gathered outside the Cladhan Hotel on Sunday.

It is the latest in a series of protests outside the hotel in recent weeks.

Demonstrators from each group stood on opposite sides of the road with police keeping them apart.

Outside the hotel anti-racism protesters held signs with messages such as “stop the far right”, “I was a stranger and ye took me in” and “these poor people are not your enemy”.

Across the road some demonstrators waved Saltires and Union flags, one emblazoned with Unite The Kingdom and held messages such as “Falkirk says no” and “veterans before migrants”.

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