A NEW migrant protest has erupted after the Home Office changed plans for an asylum seeker hotel.
Locals descended onto the Stanwell Hotel, nearby Heathrow airport, to make their voices heard on the issue.
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The London hotel recently announced that it was changing from being a mixed accommodation hotel to one only for male asylum seekers.
Disgruntled locals approached the asylum hotel in Stanwell with their signs, pictures from today’s protest revealed.
Meanwhile footage from the scene saw chants of “protect our kids” continue to ring out through the car park.
Police were present in the area as demonstrations continued.
A woman was seen with a megaphone saying: “This is a peaceful, peaceful protest for our community and our children.
“Guys we are totally 100 per cent behind you. But keep it peaceful, keep it peaceful please!”
The Home Office recently outlined proposals to exclusively house male asylum seekers at The Stanwell Hotel.
The authority said it had previously approved of only accommodating families and single women at the venue – all of whom will now have to be relocated due to the mooted turnaround.
In a letter sent to the Secretary of State, Spelthorne Borough Council leader Joanne Sexton raised concerns regarding changes to the hotel.
The Home Office said it wants to close all hotels by the end of Parliament and it will “continue to work closely with community partners”.
Sexton said: “This unexpected reversal has caused shock and significant concern within the local community.”
She added that the families already placed at the hotel had been “integrating well and building community ties”, but “this abrupt change risks undermining all that.”
Sexton said she is “alarmed about the potential consequences of the proposed changes and the impact they will have.
“Residents are very concerned and have begun contacting their local councillors for clarity, which they’re unable to provide due to the lack of official briefing.”
Following Sexton’s letter, Spelthorne Borough Council said that fresh talks with the Home Office would be taking place on Friday.
The statement said: “We are pleased to inform residents that the Council can now confirm that the Home Office has agreed to speak with the Council on Friday 1 August to discuss the proposals in greater detail.”
It comes after cops admitted escorting pro-migrant protesters to an asylum hotel before violence erupted earlier this month.
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.
However, while accepting it provided a “foot cordon”, the force has denied claims it specifically “bussed” the counter-protesters to the hotel.
Six people have been charged with offences related to the disorder.
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