The Metropolitan Police said it has imposed conditions on a protest and counter protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel.
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A protest against the use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers will see an “increased police presence”, the Metropolitan Police has said.
The force has imposed conditions on a protest and counter protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in Islington, north London, on Saturday.
Watch as police clash with protesters and counter protesters outside a hotel that is used to accommodate asylum seekers on…
The hotel has been the site of numerous anti-migrant protests in recent weeks
Several people have been detained at the scene by police
Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action
The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election
Epping Forest District Council will decide on Monday whether it is set to take its battle over the Bell Hotel to the Supreme Court
