Furious protestors have vowed to hold week after week of angry demonstrations over the housing of asylum seekers in the heart of Scottish communities.
And it appears certain the issue is set to become the hottest topic in the run-up to next May's elections to the Scottish Parliament.
It was the first public display of opposition since a poll last week found that illegal immigration has now become a top political priority for people across Scotland.
Up to 1,000 people gathered outside the former Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk yesterday (Sat), the scene of another demonstration two weeks ago which attracted around 700 demonstrators and counter-demonstrators.
The building once housed Afghan asylum seeker Sadeq Nikzad, jailed in June for raping a 15-year-old local girl during a harrowing daylight assault in the town centre.
Last week, the Mail on Sunday revealed the travel route taken by the 29-year-old through tourist hotspots in a string of safe European countries before taking a small boat to England.
Several hundred people, draped in union flags and waving saltires, gathered yesterday outside the offices of local Labour MP Euan Stainbank, who has called for an end to the housing of refugees in hotels.
One of the organisers of yesterday's protest, Connor Graham, used a loudhailer to tell the crowd: 'We are not going away. We will continue to organise and we will continue to grow. We will campaign to have Falkirk's voice heard.'
Protestors took to the streets of Falkirk again to voice their anger over the use of asylum hotels
A protestor holds a Scottish flag at the event in Falkirk
A demonstrator for a group that came out in support of the migrants dressed as Jesus
Mr Graham insisted the crowd were neither racist nor far-right.
He added: 'We will be back at the Cladhan Hotel next Saturday....and the Saturday after that....and the Saturday after that.'
One of the protestors, who gave his name as Kevin from Livingston, said: 'The Government are ignoring us. I am not saying everyone in the Cladhan Hotel is a rapist but local women and children are fearful for their safety.
'The only way to bring about change is at the ballot box. And the first opportunity to effect that change is at next year's Holyrood elections.'
Some protestors chanted: 'Stop the Boats....Stop the Boats.' However, one lone voice could be heard bawling 'Sink the Boats'.
Around 400 counter-protestors stood between the main crowd and the hotel entrance. With drones hovering overhead, a man dressed as Jesus carried a sign, stating: 'I was a stranger....and you took me in.'
Others chanted 'Refugees are welcome here'. However, the gathering also included a hotch potch of fringe political groups such as 'Antifaschiste Aktion', a Communist anti-Nazi group formed in Germany. Their following of around a dozen were dressed all in black and used masks to hide their faces.
Others handed out leaflets advertising a 'Stop Arming Israel' demonstration in Edinburgh this Saturday.
A boombox operated by the counter-demonstrators blasted out music by 'Kneecap' the Belfast group banned from this year's TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow because of their extreme views on Israel.
One of the organisers of the counter demonstration, Gary Clark, 57, said:"We will come back here as long as it takes. We want to ensure the safety of refugees and we want to campaign for decent facilities and jobs for everyone."
Afghan asylum seeker Sadeq Nikzad was jailed in June for raping a 15-year-old girl
Mother Sam Lee from Falkirk brought her five-year-old son along to the noisy rally. She said: 'We used to go to the Cladhan Hotel every year for the Battle of Falkirk commemoration events.
'Now I am here protesting at the illegal asylum seekers. I am scared to go into the park as they are gathered together in groups.'
Local Labour MP Euan Stainbank said he had tried to engage with protestors, without success. He wasn't present at yesterday's demo but he told the Mail on Sunday: 'The asylum system has been broken for too long, which is why Labour quickly ended the unworkable, costly Rwanda scheme and is processing and making decisions to remove people from the country or accept their asylum application.
'This brought the amount of people in the system down by 59,000 by the start of this year and will allow us to finally close Tory created asylum hotels in this Parliament.
'While the organisers of this campaign continue to blank my offer of a meeting made over a week ago, I'm always happy to discuss asylum or any other responsibility of the UK Government with any of the people I represent.
'As I've done this week and will be doing while out and about today.'