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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Thetford residents remain on edge after days of ‘mob rule’ over asylum plans

Sue and Tommy, mother and son, pose beside a Union Jack-draped motorcycle near a sign that reads: 'Unvetted foreign men: we are afraid to walk our streets at night!'
Sue, 68, and her son Tommy, 32, with other protesters outside RAF Barnham, near Thetford, where the government is considering accommodating asylum seekers. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian

A smashed window pane and some broken eggshells on a footpath were some of the tell-tale signs of events that took place this week on a residential street at the edge of Thetford.

On Friday afternoon it was not hard to find local people with a sense of foreboding after the latest disorder in the Norfolk market town which has seen crowds attempt to break into properties believed to be housing asylum seekers.

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