Protesters demonstrate again at Brook Hotel in Norwich.

Approximately 200 anti-migrant protestors marched in opposition to asylum seekers being sheltered in a hotel on the outskirts of Norwich.

Men, women, and children met at the Norkie tavern in Bowthorpe on Sunday, August 31, before heading down the road to the Brook Hotel.

They chanted, “Whose streets?” “Our streets,” while Pulp’s “Common People” and Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” played on the car stereo.

Bev and Barry Goodson of Norwich said they joined the protest because they believe the government is ignoring them.

Bev and Barry Goodson of Norwich protest against a hotel in Norwich that houses asylum seekers. (Image via Newsquest) “It’s the unfairness,” Ms Goodson, 66, explained.

“The government is putting money into these hotels while people who live here are struggling.” When the marchers arrived at the hotel on Barnard Road, they were met by counter-protesters shouting “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” and “Tax the rich.”

The parties exchanged chants, while demonstrators responded with “Get them out.”

A row of police officers stood between the two opposing groups.

By 3 p.m., most of the demonstrators had dispersed, but a smaller and more loud group stayed at the police line, chanting, while others sat waving flags on the grass verge overlooking the hotel.

Officers wearing orange caps were observed recording the crowd.

The Norwich demonstration coincided with a broader national debate around asylum hotels.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accused Reform UK of “whipping up anger” to further its political objectives, while deputy party leader Richard Tice denounced the accusation as “ridiculous,” saying that the party only supports authorised, nonviolent rallies.

On Saturday, five people were arrested in London when a gang of masked men attempted to enter a hotel sheltering asylum seekers, while anti-asylum protests continued around the country.

The day before, three men were arrested and two charged following a protest in Epping, Essex, where the Bell Hotel is embroiled in a judicial struggle over asylum seekers’ housing rights.

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