Another weekend, another protest about refugees and asylum seekers.
> Police Scotland said it was aware of planned protests in Perth, Stirling and Aberdeen.
Anyone seen anything in Stirling or Aberdeen ?
>Separately, Perth and Kinross Council party leaders issued a joint statement ahead of the protest saying that welcoming refugees was “part of our history and who we are”.
>It said: “We defend the right to peaceful protest, but protests targeted at those who in many cases have lost their homes and family members to war, does not reflect the compassion, solidarity and fairness our communities are known for.
>”That is why we are asking all residents to look beyond the misleading headlines and misinformation and treat those seeking refuge in our area the same way they would hope to be treated.”
Why did Reddit not organise a counter protest?
Why are the Scottish police allowing racists to walk the street?
If we don’t stop these people they will win, silence is complience
Is there not just a massive argument at this point for the government to spend whatever is needed to create a really slick, fast and efficient method for processing asylum seekers?
Once they are here they are here, they don’t have to be temporarily housed, and they can be processed though council housing channels I suppose. The only part of the process that seems to cause trouble is the bit where they are temporarily housed somewhere while they wait to be processed. It’s not like the number of asylum seekers is likely to reduce any time soon anyway so it’s a worthwhile place to spend the money.
These protesters don’t seem to realise that the hotels and hotel staff are being paid for the asylum seekers staying there. Perhaps the protesters should cover several weeks’ stay at the hotel to compensate for the income loss they expect the hotel staff to incur.
Me reading this will unsure of we are talking about Perth Scotland or Perth Australia
These muppets need to watch this programme from 2006 called ‘100% English’.
It took eight people who described themselves as ethnically English looked at their genetic makeup and found that while all had an ethnic makeup similar to people of European descent, a minority discovered genetic markers from North Africa and the Middle East from several generations before they were born. My favourite two were the English rose who turned out be Romany and the moron who said England footballer Ian Wright would never be English turned out to have a majority of his DNA from the middle east and Caucuses…
This is a topic that requires nuance but is seldom available. There will be racist individuals of the opinion, but not everyone against the use of hotels is a bigot, in the same way that not every asylum seeker is a criminal. Broad categorisation is not helpful and fuels further division.
Personally, I am aware of why hotels are being used, but they are a poor solution, and the government need to consider alternative options. We also need to ramp up steps of deterrence and increase efforts to stop human trafficking across the channel. The current system helps no one.
Seen vans of them coming up the M90 for the counter protest with their signs . Obviously funded and bussed in to cause local trouble. Clearly the only organic protesters are the locals who are sick of the town bong used for illegals. Good on them for standing up for their community. If they were refugees I’m sure they would be welcomed but they just aren’t, they are illegal economic migrants, massive difference.
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Another weekend, another protest about refugees and asylum seekers.
> Police Scotland said it was aware of planned protests in Perth, Stirling and Aberdeen.
Anyone seen anything in Stirling or Aberdeen ?
>Separately, Perth and Kinross Council party leaders issued a joint statement ahead of the protest saying that welcoming refugees was “part of our history and who we are”.
>It said: “We defend the right to peaceful protest, but protests targeted at those who in many cases have lost their homes and family members to war, does not reflect the compassion, solidarity and fairness our communities are known for.
>”That is why we are asking all residents to look beyond the misleading headlines and misinformation and treat those seeking refuge in our area the same way they would hope to be treated.”
I’m really glad they said that. We deserve better than to have violent men and women trying to incite and inflicting further violence against people in our communities. The people organising these protests aren’t just dangerous to people who have sought refuge here: [two in five of those arrested during the riots last summer had a history of domestic abuse.](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse)
Why did Reddit not organise a counter protest?
Why are the Scottish police allowing racists to walk the street?
If we don’t stop these people they will win, silence is complience
Is there not just a massive argument at this point for the government to spend whatever is needed to create a really slick, fast and efficient method for processing asylum seekers?
Once they are here they are here, they don’t have to be temporarily housed, and they can be processed though council housing channels I suppose. The only part of the process that seems to cause trouble is the bit where they are temporarily housed somewhere while they wait to be processed. It’s not like the number of asylum seekers is likely to reduce any time soon anyway so it’s a worthwhile place to spend the money.
These protesters don’t seem to realise that the hotels and hotel staff are being paid for the asylum seekers staying there. Perhaps the protesters should cover several weeks’ stay at the hotel to compensate for the income loss they expect the hotel staff to incur.
Me reading this will unsure of we are talking about Perth Scotland or Perth Australia
These muppets need to watch this programme from 2006 called ‘100% English’.
It took eight people who described themselves as ethnically English looked at their genetic makeup and found that while all had an ethnic makeup similar to people of European descent, a minority discovered genetic markers from North Africa and the Middle East from several generations before they were born. My favourite two were the English rose who turned out be Romany and the moron who said England footballer Ian Wright would never be English turned out to have a majority of his DNA from the middle east and Caucuses…
[https://youtu.be/jZ4rpe–i2Q](https://youtu.be/jZ4rpe–i2Q)
This is a topic that requires nuance but is seldom available. There will be racist individuals of the opinion, but not everyone against the use of hotels is a bigot, in the same way that not every asylum seeker is a criminal. Broad categorisation is not helpful and fuels further division.
Personally, I am aware of why hotels are being used, but they are a poor solution, and the government need to consider alternative options. We also need to ramp up steps of deterrence and increase efforts to stop human trafficking across the channel. The current system helps no one.
Seen vans of them coming up the M90 for the counter protest with their signs . Obviously funded and bussed in to cause local trouble. Clearly the only organic protesters are the locals who are sick of the town bong used for illegals. Good on them for standing up for their community. If they were refugees I’m sure they would be welcomed but they just aren’t, they are illegal economic migrants, massive difference.
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