More protests have taken place in Oldham as tensions surrounding the use of hotels to house asylum seekers show no sign of abating.

Around 50 anti-racism protestors gathered outside the Victoria Hotel on Hollinwood Avenue in Chadderton on Saturday (August 30) morning, separated from those protesting against the hotel by a neon-clad line of police.

At first, those from Stand Up To Racism outnumbered the scattered few bearing England flags and Union Jacks some thirty feet away.

The group, a mix of young and old, had a megaphone, loudspeaker and matching placards bearing signs reading ‘refugees welcome’, ‘stop the far right’ and ‘racists, go home’.

They also sang chants such as "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here,” and “There are many many more of us than you".

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