Crime

The battle over RAF Barnham: how ominous anti-asylum protests engulfed a small Norfolk town

The Guardian 29 Aug

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The battle over RAF Barnham: how ominous anti-asylum protests engulfed a small Norfolk town — Sources: The Guardian

Thetford has a welcoming history. So why have there been so many demonstrations this summer over plans to house asylum seekers at a nearby military base – as well as nights of violent disorder ? ‘I don’t talk to mainstream media,” says a young man in an Arsenal shirt. I’ve just asked what brought him to the latest protest against the housing of asylum seekers in Thetford, Norfolk, and his disdain

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