A REFUGEE charity has launched an initiative for people to send welcoming handwritten notes to asylum-seekers staying in hotels amid unrest incited by the far right.

Conversation Over Borders has said that it has received over 150 messages since putting out the call, which will be sent to hotels, including those targeted in recent attacks.

Chief executive Colette Batten-Turner said: “It’s incredible to see it, I think it’s so important the voices we are hearing, most are the voices of far-right extremism, that it’s actually really not representative of most people in the UK.”

The charity works with 800 refugees and asylum-seekers across Britain.

One of the messages read: “You are loved and most welcome in the UK.”

Another said: “I hope that you find community, support and sanctuary here.

“You are welcome and do not let anyone make you feel otherwise. Good luck and best wishes.”

Hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth have been among those targeted after far-right agitators seized on the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport to spread false claims that the attacker was an asylum-seeker, circulating mobilisations targeting immigration centres and hotels.