Sukhada Tatke

We’re walking along the last woody stretch of Callendar Park when my colleague Angus* slows down. “Here we are,” he says, pointing in one direction. “Can you hear it?” I can. He is referring to the protest for which I have come to Falkirk on a quiet October weekend.
Like in the rest of Scotland, a nip is filling the autumn air. We make our way to our destination: the Cladhan Hotel, which houses asylum seekers from around the world. The anti-immigrant protests here have become emblematic of wh...

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