Far-Right Activists Organize Protests Outside Asylum Seeker Hotels Across the UK

Protesters against asylum seekers have become a prominent issue in the UK, with far-right activists organizing rallies outside hotels used to house migrants. Members of the Homeland party, a splinter organization of Patriotic Alternative, Britain's biggest far-right group, have created Facebook groups to spread protests and gather support. Activists are expected to participate in protests in 20 towns and cities across the country this weekend. The protests have drawn concerns from campaigners who believe that far-right infiltrators are bolstering the rallies.

Key Takeaways:

• Far-right activists from the Homeland party have organized protests outside hotels used to house asylum seekers in the UK.
• Protesters are expected to gather in 20 towns and cities across the country this weekend.
• Activists from the Homeland party have set up Facebook groups to spread protests and gather support, including "Nuneaton Says No" and "Wetherfield Says No".
• The protests have amplified concerns about extremists using the current controversy to stir up wider racial conflict.
• The anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate has pointed out that the recent spate of union and St George's flags appearing on lamp-posts was organized, in part, by a longtime ally of Tommy Robinson.
• Ministers have announced plans to close all asylum hotels by the end of the current parliament, with a commitment to do so in a "managed and orderly" way.

Statistics:

• Protests are expected to take place in 20 towns and cities across the UK this weekend.
• Five people, including Tom King, Jennifer Jardine, Matt Alexander, Adam Clegg, and Andrew Piper, are running the "Nuneaton Says No" Facebook group.
• The "Wetherfield Says No" Facebook group is run in part by Callum Barker, another Homeland activis
• Protesters are expected to support "mass deportation" of small boat arrivals, with Nigel Farage's Reform party planning to carry out hundreds of thousands of deportations.
• The Home Office plans to close all hotels housing asylum seekers "as swiftly as possible" as part of an "orderly" program.

Sources:

• A series of Facebook posts and groups created in recent weeks
• The Times: "Far-right activists are involved in organizing protests against asylum seekers"
• Hope Not Hate: "Far-right forces stage fake protests to stir up racial conflict in UK"
• The Guardian: "Far-right activists organize protests outside asylum seeker hotels"
• Nigel Farage's Reform party's website and the Times: "Plans for mass deportation of small boat arrivals"