Overview

• Hundreds rallied outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf on Sunday, chanting “send them home” and prompting at least one arrest after a protester confronted police.
• The wave of anti-asylum seeker protests has extended from July’s Bell Hotel clashes in Epping to recent demonstrations at hotels in Islington, Newcastle, Surrey and Canary Wharf.
• Over the weekend, nine people were arrested in Islington for breaching Public Order Act conditions and four were detained in Newcastle on public order charges.
• Essex Police issued strict time, location and face-covering rules for a Sunday evening protest outside the Bell Hotel, ordering it to finish by 8.30pm and confining it to designated areas.
• Local resident campaigns against asylum hotels, amplified by far-right online groups, have drawn counter-protests from Stand Up To Racism and other anti-racism activists.