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Campaigners and residents successfully stop the removal of 22 asylum-seekers to the Bibby Stockholm

CAMPAIGNERS and residents in the seaside town of Margate descended on a hotel to successfully stop the removal of 22 asylum-seekers to the infamous Bibby Stockholm barge. 

More than 100 people surrounded the Glenwood Hotel today afternoon after a coach and a police car were seen approaching the venue. 

The group then split into two, some focused on the hotel entrance while others blocked the coach parked nearby.

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