Tourists, shoppers and guests at a nearby hotel stopped to take pictures of the demonstration.
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Flares have been let off and an arrest made during a demonstration outside a hotel used to accommodate asylum seekers in London.
A mixture of men wearing face masks and families with children waved flags and listened to speeches outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf on Sunday.
Peaceful ‘pink protest’ outside migrant hotel hijacked by masked men
Pro- and anti-migrant prroters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers
Migrant hotel residents film as protests and counter-demo clash
Asylum seekers 'move into' hotel despite anti-migrant protests
Arrests after asylum hotel protests in England
The protest was held to rally against recent anti-migrant demonstrations across the country
Five people have been arrested in west London relating to disorder after two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza hotel…
Several people have been detained at the scene by police
The hotel has been the site of numerous anti-migrant protests in recent weeks
The Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, London, is being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers.
The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election
