Migrant protests LIVE: Clashes erupt at asylum seeker hotels as tensions soar

More protests against asylum hotels are taking place in UK cities today. Between 500 and 600 people are reportedly on a march organised by Britain First in the center of Manchester. People are also assembling outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in London and Newcastle outside the New Bridge Hotel. People believed to be migrants inside the Islington hotel waved and blew kisses at protesters in the street below.

A man wearing an England football shirt was detained by police after getting into an "angry confrontation" with officers. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has said the event in Islington will see an "increased police presence." The force has imposed conditions on a protest and counterprotest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel. Local residents organised the protest against the use of the building under the banner "Thistle Barbican needs to go-locals say no."

A counter protest, organised by Stand Up To Racism and supported by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, as well as other groups including Finsbury Park Mosque and Islington Labour Party, will also take place. In a video on X yesterday, Mr Corbyn said: "The fascists and the far-right are on our streets. They've been defiling our mosques. They're attacking desperate people who are refugees and asylum seekers."

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