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Asylum hotel protests are ‘racist’, John Swinney said during Glasgow rally
John Swinney condemned protests against asylum-seeker hotels as racist and spreading hate, urging confrontation of hostility amid calls for exclusion zones around hotels.
- On Saturday, First Minister John Swinney marched with the Scottish Trade Union Congress and spoke at the St Andrew's Day Rally in Glasgow, saying protests outside asylum hotels are racist and answering `Yes they are` to that charge.
- In recent months, hundreds of people have assembled outside hotels to oppose housing asylum seekers, with some carrying banners calling for the deaths of those crossing the English Channel.
- The First Minister was accompanied by Labour leader Anas Sarwar and independent Falkirk councillor Laura Murtagh, who urged exclusion zones around hotels, but Swinney said such steps need detailed consideration.
- Union leaders and party figures pledged collective opposition to hatred as Roz Foyer said `St Andrew’s Day belongs to us all` and Sarwar promised to stand `shoulder to shoulder` with Swinney.
- After the rally, Swinney visited Glasgow Afghan United in Maryhill and said many protesters are spreading racist hate that `has got to be confronted`.
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Daily RecordScotland’s First Minister condemns ‘racist’ asylum seeker hotel protests
John Swinney spoke at a rally against racism and the far-right on Saturday
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Asylum hotel protests ‘racist’, says Swinney
Hundreds of people have gathered outside hotels housing asylum seekers in recent months.
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