Rooskey arson: Racist attacks on asylum seekers

Those objecting to asylum seeker accommodation will often claim not to be racist but to be expressing legitimate concerns about the background of the impending new arrivals, the strain they will place on local services and the impact they will have on the character of their adopted town.

Rooskey arson: Racist attacks on asylum seekers

Those objecting to asylum seeker accommodation will often claim not to be racist but to be expressing legitimate concerns about the background of the impending new arrivals, the strain they will place on local services and the impact they will have on the character of their adopted town.

But what kind of background must someone come from to try to burn down a hotel twice — once when there was a security guard inside?

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