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Asylum seekers 'slept in the woods' as rioters targeted hotel in 'disgusting display of thuggery'

Sky News Monday, 5 August 2024
Asylum seekers 'slept in the woods' as rioters targeted hotel in 'disgusting display of thuggery'Four asylum seekers slept in the woods after returning to their hotel in Rotherham to find rioters smashing its windows and starting fires outside, local security guards have told Sky News.
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News video: Rioters attack hotel thought to housing asylum seekers

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Anti-immigration demonstrators attack police and smash the windows of a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, thought to be housing asylum seekers. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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