Protesters have faced off against anti-immigration demonstrators across the UK this evening (22 August), Stand Up To Racism held counter-protests outside asylum hotels on Friday, including in Portsmouth, Cardiff and London with at least another 16 demonstrations expected on Saturday and Sunday. Whilst anti-immigrant groups chanted “send them home”, counter-protesters shouted “refugees are welcome here”, with police up and down the country enforcing a gap between the two groups. The rival protests come as the government is seeking the right to appeal against a High Court ruling which blocks asylum seekers being housed in the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Anti-immigration campaigners are looking to ride on the back of this week's landmark judgment that saw the High Court order the removal of migrants from a hotel in Epping, Essex.

Anti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotels

Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action

Demonstrations planned for cities and towns across UK as Nigel Farage urges public to join in

Protesters have faced off against anti-immigration demonstrators across the UK this evening (22 August), Stand Up To Racism held counter-protests outside asylum hotels on Friday,…

Two men were arrested in anti-migrant protests in Norwich ahead of a weekend of planned action

Towns and cities across Britain are bracing for protests outside migrant hotels.

Protesters are out in force over the bank holiday weekend, and have been met with a large police presence and counter-demonstrations

Today protests took place in towns including Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley, Aberdeen and Perth.

Counter-protests also taking place, with police separating rival groups in Bristol

Anti-immigration protesters hurled a torrent of abuse as they clashed with anti-racism protesters at a demonstration in Horley, West Sussex, on Saturday (23 August).…

The use of asylum hotels has risen under Labour, but the party has pledged to empty them by the next general election

Protesters met with counter-demonstrators, prompting scuffles, including in Bristol and Liverpool.

A Liverpool, gruppi di estrema destra sono scesi in piazza sabato per protestare contro l’uso di hotel come alloggi per richiedenti asilo. La protesta si inserisce in un’ondata…

Vanno avanti da diverse settimane, e si stanno ingrandendo per via della decisione di un tribunale

A group of protesters gathered outside the Castle Bromwich Holiday Inn in Birmingham on Sunday, while in London police stood guard at the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf.

There were 32,059 asylum seekers in UK hotels by the end of June. Labour has promised to end the use of the sites by 2029.