Volunteers working with asylum seekers in a Falkirk hotel at the centre of angry protests are determined to keep trying to help despite an increasingly hostile atmosphere.
The Falkirk charity group Friends of Scottish Settlers (FOSS) have worked with the men who are housed by the Home Office in the Cladhan Hotel for four years now.
And they are "heartbroken" to see the angry demonstrations that have been held outside in recent weeks.
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Several of the group's members have felt compelled to join the counter-protests, who also gather outside the Cladhan to show support for the men inside.
FOSS has been told that those living in the former hotel have found it "heartening" to know that there i