3 h. ago Two men charged with hate crime after asylum seeker protest at Aberdeen student flats

Two men, aged 26 and 40, have now been arrested and charged in connection with a hate crime.

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4 h. ago Asylum seeker who raped woman in Hyde Park after entering the UK illegally is jailed

Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, lured the woman to a secluded spot while she was walking home from a night out before raping her

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6 d. ago Falkirk asylum hotel: Brick thrown through window following protests outside Scots asylum hotel

Officers say enquiries are ongoing into the incident.

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1 week ago Asylum seeker facing jail for sexual assaults that sparked Epping protests

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was found guilty of five offences on Thursday.

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1 week ago Epping asylum hotel resident guilty of sex assaults that sparked anti

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu ‘s arrest sparked mass anti-migrant protests and counter-demonstrations that spread across the UK

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1 week ago Man whose arrest sparked asylum hotel protests found guilty of sexual assault

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu assaulted a woman and a girl days after arriving in the UK on a small boat

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1 week ago Five more charged with inciting racial hatred at Aberdeen asylum hotel protest

Seven people have now been charged under the Hate Crime Act.

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1 week ago Five men charged with 'inciting racial hatred' during protest in Aberdeen

The men, aged between 21 and 57, have been charged under the Hate Crime Act following the demonstration.

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1 week ago Asylum seeker denies raping woman in London hostel after arriving in the UK illegally

Yousif Al-Maliki, 31, is accused of raping and sexually assaulting the woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington on August 1

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1 week ago Asylum hotel protests and Palestine Action arrests putting police under ‘chronic’ pressure

More than 3,000 protests this summer - the highest number in three years - have put forces under ‘chronic pressure’, with up to 40 more planned for this weekend

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2 w. ago Canary Wharf carnage: Pepper spray fired inside shopping centre as police clash with masked anti

Several people, including at least one child, are pepper sprayed as anti-migrant hotel protest descends into chaos

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2 w. ago Canary Wharf carnage: Police fire pepper spray inside shopping centre in clash with masked anti

Several people, including at least one child, are pepper sprayed as anti-migrant hotel protest descends into chaos

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2 w. ago Underground Aberdeen: Scottish nightclub announces sad closure after 12 years as favourite student haunt

The nightclub known for its themed nights and celebrity guests will close in September

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3 w. ago Police issue asylum seeker dispersal centre protest warning over actions to be 'taken'

The protest is being held over plans for asylum seekers to be housed at the Ambrose Centre, which is in the market town in Flintshire, North Wales

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3 w. ago Police braced for weekend of unrest as fresh wave of hotel protests clashes with Notting Hill Carnival

Anti-migrant protests are being advertised at 26 hotels housing asylum seekers as a million revellers are due to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival

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3 w. ago Somali asylum seeker says his only crime is 'coming to the UK' amid hotel protests

Khadar Mohamed, who fled his home in Somalia in 2022, said he had never heard the term ‘scumbag’ until he came to the hotel

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4 w. ago ‘A victory for mums and dads’ as asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hits out at Labour for ‘putting young male illegal immigrants’ in towns

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4 w. ago Asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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4 w. ago Asylum seekers set to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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4 w. ago Second arrest after protest outside former hotel housing asylum seekers

Police Scotland have confirmed a second arrest following Saturday’s protest.

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