A blind woman who was at home when a hotel migrant burst into her house near Canary Wharf feared for her life during the episode, her family have revealed.

The man is said to have entered the house on Wednesday night after being followed by a group of men on the street and told to 'go back to the hotel' where anti-migrant protesters were gathered outside.

The Britannia International Hotel is being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers.

Cherelle Augustus, 35, said her sister suffers from a series of serious health complications, including being blind.

She was at home with another relative when the man entered the home, just a few hundred yards from the hotel.