Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }}Protesters who became violent outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Merseyside have been condemned by police and MPs. The “deeply shocking” scenes of violence had seen officers in Prescot, Knowsley, deal with two groups of protesters after a demonstration descended into chaos outside the Suites Hotel in Ribblers Lane. The hotel has been used to accommodate asylum seekers since January 2022, according to Knowsley council. “It was like a war zone.”Multiple asylum seeker advocacy groups accused protesters of being affiliated with the far right. Knowsley Council announced in its Public Annual Health Report 2020 that the average household income in the local authority was £29,260, compared to an average of £41,300 in the UK.
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