UK police arrest five in London during anti-asylum protest


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  • Sunday, 31 Aug 2025

Police officers stand as people gather near the IHG Holiday Inn in Woolston during a protest over asylum seekers being housed in the hotel, in Warrington, Britain, August 30, 2025. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

LONDON (Reuters) -British police said they arrested five people on Saturday after masked men tried to force their way into a hotel used by asylum-seekers, a day after the government won a court ruling on the use of another hotel to house migrants.

Two groups of anti-asylum protesters marched to the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Heathrow Airport before some demonstrators tried to break in, London's Metropolitan Police force said.

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