Dunstable residents said to be taking videos of those staying at hotel that has been focus of protests and far-right leafleting

Asylum seekers in Dunstable have said they are afraid to leave the hotel where they are staying because local people have been filming them when they go for a walk in the park.

The hotel in the Bedfordshire town housing the asylum seekers, who come from countries including Yemen, Eritrea, and Syria, has been the focus of protests by hundreds of local people, and the far-right group Patriotic Alternative has carried out a leafleting campaign naming the hotel and carrying the slogan: “You Pay. Migrants Stay.”

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