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Falkirk councillors have backed a pledge to “reject hate and discrimination” and work to bring people together, as protests continue around asylum seekers living in a town centre hotel. ‌

At a meeting of Falkirk Council today (Thursday), two police officers outside the Grangemouth community centre where Falkirk Council currently holds its meetings were a very visible sign of the tensions that have been tangible across the district in recent weeks. ‌

Since August, weekly protests against asylum seekers being housed in the Cladhan Hotel, close to Falkirk town centre, have been met with ‘counter-protests’ in support of refugees and asylum seekers – facing each other on opposite sides of the road. ‌

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