Thetford Disorder Enters Third Night With More Arrests
Disorder over the housing of asylum seekers entered a third night in Thetford, Norfolk, with further arrests and some asylum seekers moved to safety. The unrest followed attacks on properties earlier in the week in which a police officer was seriously injured. Police appealed for calm and warned that those involved would face prosecution.
The trouble echoes the disorder that spread across England last summer, when misinformation and anger over asylum accommodation boiled over into violence. Community leaders and police have warned that vulnerable people and officers are being endangered, and that agitators are exploiting local grievances. It unfolds amid a charged national debate on immigration, with the government struggling to show control of the borders and Reform UK pressing hardline plans. Ministers have condemned the attacks as criminal thuggery. Watch whether the unrest spreads to other towns or is contained.