Campaigners objecting to the use of a Sussex hotel to house asylum seekers went to Downing Street yesterday.
They were armed with two boxes of signatures supporting their protest.
Home Office plans to use the Ocean Hotel, in Saltdean, to accommodate refugees have caused controversy since they were announced last year.
Councillor Lynda Hyde joined residents handing over the 1,600 strong petition along with a letter to the Prime Minister.
Other residents have been supporting a campaign to welcome asylum seekers.
A group of 19 gathered at the advice surgery of Brighton Kemptown MP Des Turner last week, asking him to make a stand against the "racist hysteria" surrounding asylum seekers.
Raf Salkie, of the Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers, said large seaside hotels were an obvious place to run induction courses for them.
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