Protests organised outside of the Roundhouse hotel have been held every Friday for 4 months.
They begun in July, organised by Bournemouth Patriots to protest against housing asylum seekers in Bournemouth.
There are currently a total 650 asylum seekers inBournemouth, 608 of those being housed in hotels recorded by the Home office.
Sean Robins, who attends every week, said he started attending due to the safety of young women around the town and near the hotels.
‘We know that happens already around the town, but what we don’t need to do is import more’
The protest occurred during the period where a former asylum seeker was released from prison in error after sexually assaulting a woman and 14 year old girl in Essex, He has since been detained.
Sean also emphasised his concern about the cost of housing asylum seekers.
‘Its costing us a fortune, were in so much debt now, if this country was a business the banks would pull the plug on it’
‘We simply cannot afford it’
Jonathan Hines, who also attends weekly said ‘We already have our issues as a country as it is, and were choosing to add onto those problems by adding random crowds into our community. Its immoral’
Separated by police, Stand up to racism host a counter protest down the street, where they hold up signs saying ‘Our country was great when it fought against facism’ and ‘Nothing great about racist hate’
They began their protests at the same time as the Bournemouth patriots, and have been attending every week.
A spokesperson for stand up to racism, who asked not to be named expressed his motivation for coming out every week is ‘To show solidarity and support with the asylum seekers’
‘Its important to show them that Bournemouth isn’t theirs, not everyone agrees with them’
He also challenged Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s response to protests nationwide to stop immigration and to end the use of hotels stating ‘They should be challenging the message, instead he’s just following them to the right’
The government has pledged that all asylum hotels will be closed by 2029. The protests will continue for the foreseeable future.
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