Asylum seekers come face-to-face with migrant hotel critics

"It makes me sad. We left when our country had the troubles so we should have in this world… the humanity".

We're sitting in a cafe in Tamworth and Noor, 19, is explaining how it feels to know there are people in the town who don't want him here.

Noor is from Afghanistan and came to the UK on a small boat.

The cafe is close to the asylum hotel where he's staying.

Image: The group met in a cafe in Tamworth

He's agreed to come along with four other men from the hotel to speak to locals about the concern in the town over the Staffordshire hotel being used to house asylum seekers.

There was a peaceful demonstration outside the hotel last month. But last year, a protest here turned ugly. Windows were smashed, petrol bombs thrown, and part of the hotel was set alight.

Among the loca