Liverpool Protest |Why Protests & Counterprotests Are Happening Over Hotels Housing Asylum-Seekers

Protesters took to the streets across the UK on Saturday including in the city of Liverpool to demonstrate against hotels housing asylum-seekers. A number of protests under the Abolish Asylum System slogan, coined by right-wing political parties, were also set to take place in other cities including in Bristol, Newcastle, and London. In Liverpool, a counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism was also held. The use of hotels as asylum accommodation was not intended to be permanent. Until 2020, the government typically contracted private housing providers to rent flats and shared houses for asylum seekers. Hotels were only used temporarily in emergencies. That approach shifted during the Covid-19 pandemic