Asylum seekers living in hotels in East Killbride remained feeling "threatening" after the first protest by the far right group, Britain.
Lanarkshire Liveis from a fascist political group when hotel staff warned police when a van appeared at the Bruce Hotel in the heart of town last Wednesday. I understand that the suspected men and women warned the police. Started harassing the inhabitants.
According to one source, the incident hurt a multicultural event organized to welcome asylum seekers into the community.
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On Friday speaking at the event, a source toldLanarkshire Live: "It's a shame that many people didn't show up today because Britain First was at the Bruce Hotel.
" Residents didn't want to come scared.
"Only two people got out of the van and I think the police managed to deal with it, but I went to another hotel and did the same."
The UK first posted a video on YouTube, emphasizing a visit to the Lanarkshire Hotel. It states that it is the first of many Scottish immigrant hotels that the group plans to open to the public.
In a video voice showing a still image of the interior of the hotel, he said: 'The first British team visited the Bruce Hotel in East Killbride and found it flooded with illegal immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.
'Party leader Paul Golding was mostly attacked by African immigrants who had to be dragged out by hotel guards.
"This is the first of many immigrant hotels in Scotland to be released by UK First."
Golding There was no confirmation or evidence to support the alleged attack on. Asylum seekers knocked on the door of the bedroom, where they began to hostile to asylum seekers.
They are now resuming such visits and appealing to the general public to give them the name of a hotel that knows there are asylum seekers.
Lanarkshire Liveunderstands that the incident is "extremely concerned" by the local police and management team that oversees the welfare and support of asylum seekers.
East Kilbride Community Inspector David Doherty was not arrested as the group left the hotel before police arrived.
Hetold us: "Police were called into the incident at the Bruce Hotel in East Killbride at 3:20 pm on Wednesday, June 29.
”The hotel staff reported that the men and women approached the hotel entrance and tried to talk to some of the inhabitants.
"Both men and women left the hotel before police arrived. No violations have been confirmed."
East Killbride MSP Collet Stevenson described the incident as "disgusting" and added that he "mourned the strongest hatred." Of the term.
She added, "This sneaky behavior is only aimed at distorting and dividing our society, but it never succeeds."
Central Scotland MSP Graham Simpson also blamed the fascist group's actions, calling them "disappointment" and "no excuses".
Lisa Cameron MP previously stated that hotel accommodations are "not suitable for asylum seekers," but we believe the members as a whole are welcome.
Bruce Hotel takes 60 men across the British Strait by boat to escape conflict and poverty Used to contain from war-torn countries in search of a better life in Britain.
The Ministry of Interior is now accommodating hundreds of asylum seekers in hotels across the country as part of an "emergency arrangement" to handle the large numbers of immigrants coming down the French coast of Calais. I am.
Lanarkshire Live has contacted Bruce Hotel and Britain First for comment.
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