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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Asylum seekers in Bedfordshire ‘afraid to leave hotel’ because of being filmed

Two police officers walk in the aisle of a church with people sitting in chairs on either side
Police officers at a public meeting held this month at Priory church in Dunstable to discuss the housing of asylum seekers at a hotel in the town. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Asylum seekers in Dunstable have said they are afraid to leave the hotel where they are staying because local people have been filming them when they go for a walk in the park.

The hotel in the Bedfordshire town housing the asylum seekers, who come from countries including Yemen, Eritrea, and Syria, has been the focus of protests by hundreds of local people, and the far-right group Patriotic Alternative has carried out a leafleting campaign naming the hotel and carrying the slogan: “You Pay. Migrants Stay.”

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