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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Barlow

Police extend powers to disperse groups gathering outside asylum seekers’ hotel

PA Wire

Police powers to stop people gathering outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have been extended for a further 48 hours to ensure “there is no repeat” of violent disorder.

The dispersal zone was put in place outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside, after a police van was set alight and fireworks were thrown during a protest on Friday.

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