US EditionUK police on alert for immigration protests near London this weekend
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 23 – Police maintain a strong presence outside the Britannia Hotel amid protests fueled by false claims of migrant relocations, with 10 arrests made during unrest linked to asylum seeker housing policies.
- Metropolitan Police officers observed a protest outside a hotel in Canary Wharf regarding asylum seekers being housed there.
- Protesters and counter-demonstrators gathered after social media rumors about asylum seekers.
- The police emphasized that people exercising their right to protest peacefully have nothing to worry about.
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Recent clashes in front of a hotel welcoming asylum seekers revive fears of an escalation of violence in the UK and recall previous year's anti-immigration riots
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Usa news‘Ring of steel’ around 4-star hotel in London after anti-migrant protests
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Guests Kicked Out, Staff Fired So Four-Star Hotel Can Be Filled With Migrants.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Guests with prior bookings at the four-star Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, London, were turned away without notice after Britain’s Home Office acquired the property to house asylum seekers. Staff were also reportedly fired.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Home Office, Tower Hamlets Council, local police, and affected hotel guests.WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday at the Britannia Hotel, located in Canary Wharf, London.KEY QUOTE: “We are aw…
Migrant relocation rumours spark Canary Wharf protest
Uh oh. Protests have broken out outside an empty Canary Wharf hotel after claims began to circulate that migrants were being relocated to the venue from Epping. In response to the rumours spread by controversial figures like Tommy Robinson, protestors have over the last 24 hours turned up to the hotel in the centre of
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