Fresh migrant hotel protest erupts after ‘secret plot to move asylum seekers into £250k flats' in UK town
Furious locals took to the streets after plans to relocate 35 asylum seekers to a brand new apartment development in Waterlooville, Hampshire, were revealed.
The council is in discussion with the the Home Office over plans to house asylum seekers in flats.
But locals have not taken to kindly to the reported plans and branded it a "disgrace".
Thousands of residents gathered outside the 19 flat development in Waterlooville this evening to protest the move.
Suella Braverman MP is also opposing the move.
Braverman previously labelled Home Office proposals to house 35 people in Waterlooville as "utterly inappropriate" and set up a petition which attracted more than 9,000 signatures.
A Home Office consultation ends on Friday after which it will decide whether to approve the proposed accommodation.
In a letter to current Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Braverman wrote such facilities made town centres "no-go zones for the patriotic, common-sense majority".
In a statement on Tuesday, the council confirmed it had received her petition and said it would "do its utmost to reflect the view of residents" when submitting its response to the Home Office.
It comes after cops admitted escorting pro-migrant protesters to an asylum hotel before violence erupted.
Essex Police had initially denied it brought demonstrators from Stand Up to Racism to the Bell Hotel in Epping before clashes with anti-migrant protesters on July 17.
The force changed its tune after being shown footage of the activists apparently being led by officers from a station to outside the hotel while holding placards.
Six people have been charged with offences related to the disorder.
However, while accepting it provided a "foot cordon", the force has denied claims it specifically "bussed" the counter-protesters to the hotel.
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