Furious Welsh villagers have mistaken a group of charity workers at a summer camp for asylum seekers because they couldn't understand their Scottish accents.

Angry locals confused a group of around 30 teenagers, who travelled around 400 miles from Scotland to Newbridge, South Wales, to do youth work, for immigrants.

A video of the charitable group arriving to the CRAI Scout Activity Park, claimed to show 'immigrants' being moved to the location in Caerphilly.

Police have since launched a probe into the online abuse after quashing the false rumours after being alerted to the emergence of the clip to social media.

Scout leaders have also been warned of the 'racially-aggravated incident targeting under-18s'.