Political tensions mount as UK towns rally against asylum seeker hotels
by editors@theworld.org (Orla Barry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZJ5G)
Protests have erupted across the UK in the past few days over hotels housing asylum seekers. In Perth, Scotland, crowds waved signs reading Perth is full, empty the hotels" and chanted send them home." The unrest follows a High Court ruling in London last week ordering one hotel to stop housing asylum seekers. The UK government says it will appeal the ruling but several local councils now say they plan to launch their own legal challenges. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.