{"id":33710,"date":"2025-07-26T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/hundreds-of-protesters-gather-at-asylum-hotel-in-norwich-area\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:49:01","slug":"hundreds-of-protesters-gather-at-asylum-hotel-in-norwich-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/hundreds-of-protesters-gather-at-asylum-hotel-in-norwich-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of protesters gather at asylum hotel in Norwich area"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hundreds of people are at the protest against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Hundreds of people have gathered for a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

Many arrived at the hotel in the Norwich area with St George’s flags, placards and banners, some reading “Stop the invasion”.<\/p>\n

A BBC journalist at the scene said at least 200 people were present.<\/p>\n

Police were present as protesters, some standing in the road, listened and cheered a number of speeches delivered from the back of a parked lorry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speakers addressed the crowd from a lorry parked at the scene<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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About 200 protesters gathered outside the hotel<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Monday, about 150 protesters gathered outside a hotel in Diss, Norfolk, housing asylum-seeking families in protest again Home Office plans to house single adult males there instead.<\/p>\n

Two men were arrested on Saturday morning on suspicion of affray in relation to a protest at the Diss hotel and an earlier one at the hotel in the Norwich area.<\/p>\n

Rival groups have also clashed outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, during several demonstrations since 13 July.<\/p>\n

Ten people have been charged with offences in relation to disorder there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A row of police officers were stood in front of the protesters<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Many protesters held banners, flags and placards<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Several police officers were at the scene of the protest<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n


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