Overview

• Stand Up to Racism Scotland and Falkirk Trades Union Council organised a stewarded counter-demonstration facing Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures outside the Cladhan hotel.
• Police Scotland officers sealed off Kemper Avenue and advised motorists to use alternative routes as they kept both groups on opposite sides of the road.
• Anti-immigration protesters chanted “send them home” while anti-racism supporters replied with “refugees are welcome here,” and social media posts shared by counter-protesters showed alleged Hitler salutes and racist chants.
• Save Our Future & Our Kids Futures denied any anti-migrant intent or ties to far-right groups, saying their rally targeted a “broken asylum system” rather than refugees.
• The Falkirk confrontation follows a national surge of hotel-based asylum protests that have prompted NPCC-backed public order measures, designated protest zones and multiple arrests since late July.