Anti-racism demonstrators turned out a large number on Saturday outside a hotel in London where asylum seekers were placed to counter-protest against opponents who used it as a home office residence.
Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in Islington, North London.
Police later said that many arrests were made after scuffles.
Metropolitan police wrote to X that officials removed a junction where anti-protests gathered in violation of conditions in the area.
“There are nine arrests to this day, with seven for violating the conditions of the Public Order Act,” the Force said.
Police said the anti-hotel protest was arranged by a number of people under the banner that “Thistle Barbican had to go-the locals said, but since this it has been upheld by groups from outside the area.
Online groups that expressed support for the protest include Britain’s patriots and together for children.
A spokesman for anti-hotel protest, with a turnout of nearly 100 people, said the anti-protesters were paid by the “Government of Labor and the trade unions” to attend.
Some of those gathered across the road from the hotel wore mega (redo England) hats and someone heard singing “take them to our streets” to the hotel.
Directly outside the hotel, hundreds of people attended a counter-protest arranged by standing up in racism and supported by former labor party party Jeremy Corbyn, who is the MP for the Islington North, located on the other side of Borough. They are far from anti-hotels protesting.
Some people at the hotel will be seen watching the demonstration from their windows. Sarah Bailey, 63, who retired, had a sign that said: “To everyone at the hotel, you will be appreciated, wish [and] Welcome.
He said: “I know someone who has connections to this hotel. I thought it was very important, because I realized they would look at the windows, sending us a positive sign that you were all three of these three things.
“I think it’s very important to show people who come here seeking safety and protection that welcome and stand out with those who are scary and oppress them.”
Pat Prendergast, 21, said: “I want people to be safe. I think the [anti-hotel protesters] Overnight makes people feel unsafe. I want to stand in unity and say that, you know, we like people here. “
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A separate group of masked protesters, wearing black and singing “We were anti-fascist”, appeared from a sidestreet and marched to the anti-hotel demonstration.
Manchester is the scene of further quarrel between rivals protesting later on Saturday.
Demonstrators calling for the masses “Remigration” were gathered in the city center for a march organized by a distant right British group, facing anti-racism groups.
The groups took a moment to start the protest before the police separated, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
“Return them, don’t let them – just stop them coming in. We have hotels full of immigrants and we get our own homeless people in the streets asking for food but no matter where to live,” said Protester Brendan O’Reilly, 66.
Counter-Protester Judy, a 60-year-old retired nurse, told the AFP that he was there “because I didn’t want to see people full of hate in the streets of Manchester”.
She added: “Do they want everything back or are they people with brown skin? I hope people with brown skin they want to remigrate.”
