Posted on 08/03/2025 11:09:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Fifteen people have been arrested after protests across England outside hotels used to house asylum seekers.
Anti-migrant groups and counter demonstrators clashed in London and Newcastle, and before a march in Manchester city centre.
Nine people were arrested in the capital, seven for breaching Public Order Act conditions, the Metropolitan Police said.
A series of protests outside the migrant hotels have been taking place in recent weeks.
The Home Office has said the number of hotels being used for asylum seekers has decreased from more than 400 in summer 2023, to less than 210.
It also announced plans to end the use of hotels to house migrants by 2029, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves says will save £1bn a year.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she wants to "restore order and control" to the asylum system by fast-tracking the appeals process.
She told the paper changes will take place in the autumn, adding: "If we speed up the decision-making appeal system and also then keep increasing returns, we hope to be able to make quite a big reduction in the overall numbers."
The protest in London on Saturday was held outside of the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in Islington, with a counter-protest led by the group Stand Up To Racism.
The Met said the protest was organised by local residents under the banner "Thistle Barbican needs to go - locals say no".
But police said it had been "endorsed by groups from outside the local community which is likely to increase the number of people attending".
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We should be arming native Britons.
The Brits need to remember: Traitors first, then the invaders.
Fixed it.
We did in 1941. “PLEASE SEND A GUN TO DEFEND A BRITISH HOME!”
After the war the guns we sent were collected and those that could be returned to the USA were returned. Those not returned were dumped into the sea.
The coming Civil War in the UK...
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