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| Three arrested after clashes outside UK migrant hotel |
| 2023-02-13 |
| [Dawn] UK police have arrested three people on suspicion of The protest came amid heightened tensions as record numbers of Merseyside Police said "missiles" had been thrown at officers and a police vehicle was damaged after several hundred demonstrators rallied late Friday outside The Suites Hotel in Knowsley. Asylum seeker advocacy groups said the protesters were affiliated to far-right groups, while it was unclear who organised the demonstration. Assistant Chief Constable Paul White said: "The scenes... were completely unacceptable, putting those present, our officers and the wider community in danger." Merseyside police commissioner Emily Spurrell told Radio City station: "It was incredibly dangerous and there were a couple of injuries amongst the coppers." The Liverpool Echo newspaper said a police riot van was set alight. The Home Office has been using the hotel to temporarily house asylum seekers since last year, according to local media. The Liverpool Echo published images of police in riot gear facing off black-clad protesters as smoke rose from a burning vehicle. It said footage sent to the newspaper also showed protesters apparently attacking a police vehicle with sledgehammers. Protesters outside the hotel shouted slogans such as "Get them out," one pro-refugee group, the Merseyside Pensioners Association, said. |
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