A peaceful protest by mothers wearing pink turned to violence this afternoon as masked thugs hijacked the demonstration outside a migrant hotel.

The group of women and children gathered outside the four-star Britannia International hotel in Canary Wharf, London, today where they sat and chanted 'stop the boats'.

The group held up England flags and wore pink clothing to raise awareness of how women and young people are being 'let down' by the migrant crisis.

But the peaceful protest quickly turned to chaos as a group of up to 30 balaclava-clad men - all with their faces covered - swarmed the crowd.

The thugs caused a huge bang as they set off smoke bombs and chanted 'Keir Starmer is a w*****'.