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Police intervene as anti-asylum seeker protest turns hostile

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC · How we work

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Protesters gathered in Tameside after a man with a loudspeaker shouted anti-asylum-seeker chants.
Councilor Jake Frater (Reform UK) posted the Tameside HMO register showing 207 licences, seven held by Serco.
Police officers intervened to keep order as the protest grew increasingly hostile.
About 70,000 asylum seekers lived in HMOs in June; Wigan had 1,183 and Surrey 240.

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Protesters gathered in Tameside after a man with a loudspeaker shouted anti-asylum-seeker chants.
Councilor Jake Frater (Reform UK) posted the Tameside HMO register showing 207 licences, seven held by Serco.
Police officers intervened to keep order as the protest grew increasingly hostile.
About 70,000 asylum seekers lived in HMOs in June; Wigan had 1,183 and Surrey 240.