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Rival groups face off outside a hotel housing migrants in London
CLERKENWELL, NORTH LONDON, AUG 2 – Police imposed conditions under the Public Order Act to separate opposing groups protesting at a north London hotel housing asylum seekers, with nine arrests made, police said.
- On Saturday, opposing demonstrations both supporting and opposing the hotel's role in housing asylum seekers took place near the Thistle City Barbican in the Islington area.
- The protests followed growing local and wider community tensions related to housing asylum seekers, prompting police to impose conditions to prevent disorder.
- Authorities designated two distinct protest areas, requiring demonstrations to end by 4pm, and separated groups within sight and sound but apart to maintain order.
- Police have made nine arrests so far, including seven related to violations of conditions set under the Public Order Act and one concerning support for a banned terror organization, while a student counter-protester expressed a desire for everyone to feel safe.
- The incident led police to affirm their commitment to safe protest while warning they would intervene immediately at criminal acts, indicating plans to respond to similar protests at other London hotels.
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Anti-immigrant and anti-racism demonstrators faced off in London on Saturday in the latest in a series of protests outside hotels housing asylum-seekers. Several hundred protesters waving Union Jacks gathered outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in central London, calling for it to be closed as housing for migrants. Chants including "Scum" and "Britain is full" were directed at the hotel. Police separated the demonstrators from a larger group…
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