Overview

• Metropolitan Police imposed Section 14 conditions outside the Britannia International Hotel and arrested six protesters for failing to remain on the pavement.
• Arrestees faced charges for breaching public order conditions, possession of Class B drugs and assaulting an emergency worker.
• A male asylum seeker in his 20s was detained on suspicion of common assault after allegedly entering a woman’s flat near the hotel.
• Channay Augustus, 22, was remanded on affray, possession of an offensive weapon and assault charges following an incident involving a meat cleaver outside the site.
• Protests also took place at the Bell Hotel in Epping and in Ashington, reflecting wider backlash against the Home Office’s use of local hotels for temporary asylum housing.