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Asylum hotel protests spread

After demos outside hotels housing asylum seekers, Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins discuss what’s behind the recent spate of protests in Scotland.

Hotels housing asylum seekers have attracted protests in Perth, Falkirk and Aberdeenshire.

We ask what’s behind the recent spate of demos and David Wallace Lockhart tells us why it’s significant that Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay is defending them.

Scotcast is the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Natalie Higgins and Laura Miller.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 26 Aug 2025 00:00
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