Eight more people, including a 15-year-old boy, have appeared in court in England over a suspected hate attack which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

Six more people including a 15-year-old boy have been charged over a suspected hate attack which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

Kurdish Iranian Reker Ahmed, 17, was chased and subjected to what police described as a "brutal attack" after a group of people discovered he was an asylum seeker.