A record 111,000 people claimed asylum in the UK during Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office after a surge in small boat crossings.
Applications for refugee status rose by 14 per cent in the year to June compared with the previous 12 months and the use of hotels by migrants also increased.
New migration figures revealed there were 111,084 asylum claims — nearly double the level in 2021 and 8 per cent more than the previous peak in 2002. It is the highest number of asylum applications for any 12-month period since records began in 2001.
• Read in full: Surge in migrants reaching Britain in small boats
Flares, fireworks and Sweet Caroline
More than 250 anti-immigration protesters blocked an A road on Friday night and set off red flares to the backdrop of Rule, Britannia! near the Epping hotel that has prompted a crisis in asylum policy.
The group were protesting at the Delta Marriott hotel, in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Police vans were in place by mid-afternoon and barriers were erected around the hotel, which is a 20-minute drive from the Bell Hotel in Epping.
• Read in full: On the asylum protest front line
Farage mirroring Trump’s policies, says Currie
On Tuesday, Nigel Farage will publish his proposal for the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
They include the arrest of asylum seekers on arrival, automatic detention and forced deportation, with no right of appeal, to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea. The NHS, HM Revenue & Customs and the DVLA will be required to share data automatically so illegal immigrants can be tracked down and arrested.
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Two opposing crowds have gathered in front of a Hampton Hotel in a suburban area, on the edge of Aberdeen.
Roughly 70 protesters on both sides are separated by several metres of fencing, as they trade insults and political slogans via loudspeakers.
Counter protesters’ chants of “send them home” are met with jeers and claps from the pro-asylum protesters, some of whom are holding Palestinian and Union flags and serving cake.
One man draped in a Saltire flag shouts “we’re not racist: you’re f***ing deluded”, while his opposition wave homemade signs decorated with quips like “blame millionaires nae refugees” and “warfare is NOT family entertainment”.
‘Support our own first’
About 300 people joined a protest in Mold, Flintshire in North Wales, over fears there was a plan to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in the town.
The protest was held outside the Poundland shop on Saturday. Netty Lloyd, 49, one of the organisers of the protest, told the BBC: “I’ve lived in Mold for 49 years. We need our community to stay together, look after each other, and support our own first.”
Meanwhile about 40 people took part in a counter-protest nearby with banners which read “no to racism” and “asylum seekers welcome”.
Police officers had to stand between the two sides at one point during some confrontational scenes.
Comment: Will Starmer treat asylum as a national emergency?
Sir Keir Starmer had what he believed was a plan to manage the ceaseless flow of undocumented migrants arriving in the country: smash the people-smuggling gangs and blame the Tories for creating a broken asylum system, Jason Cowley writes.
Now the government is confronted by what senior ministers are calling a “national emergency”, as more local authorities prepare to follow the lead of Epping Forest district council by seeking High Court injunctions to prevent hotels from being used as “contingency accommodation” for asylum seekers.
Starmer’s government is adrift, scrambling to respond to events rather than seeking to control them. The message I often hear from inside No 10 is this: the state has never been so bloated and yet so weak. What is to be done?
• Read in full: Ministers call asylum a national emergency. Will Starmer act like it?
What does Epping council decision mean for migrant hotels?
The High Court’s ruling over a hotel in Epping housing asylum seekers has the potential to unravel the government’s asylum plans. But the issue of how to accommodate tens of thousands of illegal arrivals has been a significant and expensive issue for years and none of the options to resolve the crisis are straightforward.
An enormous backlog of asylum seekers has built up over recent years as record numbers cross the Channel on small boats and the processing of applications has not kept up. Once they are here, the government has a legal obligation to house and support asylum seekers while processing their applications.
As of March, there were a total of 106,771 asylum seekers in receipt of taxpayer-funded support, including 32,345 in hotels. Asylum seekers received this support for an average of 413 days.
• Read in full: Why High Court ruling could spell trouble for government
In pictures: Horley counter-protests
People take part in a Stand Up To Racism rally outside the hotel in Horley
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Arrests for affray and being drunk and disorderly
Eleven people have been arrested after a protest by Ukip and counter-protesters in Liverpool, Merseyside police have said.
People from different groups gathered outside St George’s Hall from about 11am on Saturday where they were met with a large police presence.
A march by Ukip began at about 1.20pm, but shortly afterwards the procession was directed back to St George’s Hall.
Police said they respected the rights of everyone to take part in a lawful and peaceful protests, but never tolerated acts of criminality or anti-social behaviour. Arrests were made for offences including being drunk and disorderly, assault and affray.
Anti-immigrant protesters in Horley
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Surrey police said three arrests were made at the protest outside the Four Points hotel in Horley on Saturday — two for breach of the peace and one for breaching the conditions of a community protection notice.
All three were still in custody on Saturday, the force said. A spokesman added that approximately 100 anti-migrant demonstrators turned up, while the counter-protesters there numbered about 30.
Chief Superintendent Juliet Parker said: “Our officers were outside the hotel this morning to support the public’s right to lawful protest. Unfortunately, while the majority of those present were protesting lawfully, there were some individuals whose behaviour became disruptive, and they were arrested. Officers were also present to minimise disruption to the local community. We appreciate that there was some disruption on the roads around the hotel while the protest was taking place and we would like to thank all those affected for their patience.”
Few attend anti-migrant protest in London
A supposed anti-migrant protest at the four-star Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf failed to take off with just a handful of people standing outside.
A man on a megaphone outside claimed there had been up to 40 people there at 3pm, but by 4.20pm there were just six of them. A policeman said the number of protesters didn’t get above ten.
Officers outside said that they were briefed on Friday night that the hotel had been emptied and no asylum seekers were living there anymore. The hotel entrance is blocked off with metal fencing and there are still security guards patrolling it because of the protesters.
Several protests took place at the hotel after the Home Office moved asylum seekers in. Earlier this month a woman tried to force her way inside it and was arrested.
In pictures: protests across the UK
A brief scuffle broke out earlier in the day between the police and counter-demonstrators in Bristol
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Pro-immigrant protesters outside Radisson Blu Hotel in Perth city centre
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Counter-protesters gather as an anti-migrant demonstration is held outside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Horley
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Times view: Housing asylum seekers in hotels is unsustainable
Four years ago, the Thistle City Barbican hotel was an average three-star hotel within easy reach of central London — close to the likes of Islington, the Barbican as well as the City itself. Since late 2021, however, the 460-room hotel has been under an “exclusive use contract” with the government to house asylum seekers.
Some of its recent guests have thrown TVs out of windows, set mattresses on fire and hurled them into the street, while criminal activity has risen in the surrounding area. Over 40 migrants listed at the hotel’s address have been charged with 90 offences in the past year.
The hotel that has drawn most attention by far is the Bell Hotel, an 80-room hotel in Epping, Essex. Thousands have turned out at regular intervals to protest after one of its residents was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Epping Forest district council sought an injunction to stop the Bell Hotel being used for asylum seekers and was granted one by the High Court on Tuesday.
• Read in full: The government must rapidly find an alternative solution
Protester arrested in Bristol
A 37-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, as the police operation was stood down after the conclusion of a protest and counter-protest in Bristol city centre.
No officer sustained serious physical injury or has required hospital treatment, but enquiries will be carried out after reports of assaults on officers.
A police presence will remain in the city centre and a section 34/35 dispersal zone will continue until 7am tomorrow morning. Officers did detain a small number of other individuals at various points of the operation but they have since been de-arrested.
Chief Inspector Keith Smith said: “Our officers have dealt admirably with a really challenging situation and I’d like to take the opportunity to thank them for their professionalism. While there were moments of disturbance, we’re pleased to say the two protests have passed without significant incident. We’re grateful for people’s patience while we policed these protests.”
Tommy Robinson becomes personal coach to far right
The far-right activist Tommy Robinson is making thousands of pounds charging his followers for video consultations offering “expert advice” on anti-Islam activism.
Robinson, 42, who co-founded the English Defence League (EDL), has used a personal mentoring platform to deliver more than 300 sessions in the past two months. Customers submit questions and he responds with written advice or video messages costing up to £28 a minute.
Those who have paid for the sessions include extremists who use racial slurs, call Muslims “Islamic rats” and demand violence against migrants. In one consultation featured on his profile, a customer called for a military-style “firm” to “protect our border from invasion”. In response Robinson warned of “the danger of Islam”, said that Britain was in a “race against time” and predicted “chaos” would come.
• Read in full: Robinson advising clients on protesting and evading infiltration
‘People are buying into lies’
Emma Taylor-Beale, who was protesting for Stand Up to Racism in Horley, said: “I’ve got a heart for anyone who’s got a need and our migrant community deserve protection, they deserve dignity, they’ve been through enough.”
She said she was not surprised at the number of anti-immigration protesters that had turned out to the demonstration, due to what she had seen on social media.
Taylor-Beale said: “This time last year when we had the riots in the summer, all of us showing support were the massive majority in Brighton and in Crawley, and the far right were there, but they weren’t like the members of the public.
“This isn’t just the far-right, you can’t label everyone on that side who’s come out as far right, I think people are buying into lies, they’re angry, they’re hurt and people have got a reason to be angry right now.”
She said that economic inequality and the housing crisis was at the root of the divide.
Anti-migrant protesters head home in Bristol
Police officers scuffling with demonstrators in Bristol earlier in the day
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A police sergeant in Bristol has said that the anti-migrant protesters asked if they could finish their demonstration and go home, having moved about 100m in total after three hours.
Police liaison officers were moving through the crowd of counter-demonstrators, asking them to disperse in order to allow both sides to go home safely.
The anti-migrant protest broke up and attempted to leave the area. They were followed by counter-demonstrators and just as things seemed to calm down, a brawl broke out between the two sides with punches thrown.
Police rushed forward to intervene and broke the fight up and were escorting anti-migrant protesters away from the city centre
Asylum hotels across the country will be hit by a wave of anti-immigration protests this weekend, The Times understands.
Dozens of demonstrations were planned for over the weekend after it emerged that a record 111,000 people had claimed asylum in the UK during Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office.
At least 27 protests have been organised after a High Court judge ordered the removal of migrants from a hotel in Epping, Essex, on Tuesday, with many communities hoping to replicate the results of the landmark ruling in their own areas by taking to the streets.
• Read in full: Anti-racism groups warn the UK could experience serious disruption
‘I have a long history of opposition’
Ann Seuret, 71, a retired teacher, travelled from Edenbridge, Kent to counter-demonstrate in Horley today.
She said that her son went to school in Horley and she was a member of a local anti-racism Facebook group. Seuret said she was there to “oppose the fascists and racism”, and it was the second time she had been to a counter-protest at a hotel.
“Back in the 80s the National Front tried to set alight my flat in London, so I have a long history of opposition,” she said. “The trouble is all the main parties are just pandering to this anti-asylum seeker stuff.”
One counter-protester wearing a mask said he was doing so because some anti-migrant protesters were filming them and he feared being “doxxed” — having his image posted online and possibly being identified.
‘People are annoyed … posts get put up the whole time’
Demonstrators outside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Horley
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One protester at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Horley said: “It all starts on Horley Life, our community [Facebook] page, a lot of people are annoyed about it, posts get put up all the time”.
A 24-year-old man with her, who also didn’t want to give his name, said he had wandered down to see the protest from his home nearby.
“I think it should be used as a hotel, that’s what hotels are for. There was a protest a couple of weeks ago … I’m sure there’s going to be a lot more.”
Anger outside migrant hotel in Horley
Police intercept an anti-migrant protester outside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Horley
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People demonstrating outside the asylum hotel in Horley, near Gatwick predict there will be further protests there in the future.
A 24-year-old woman who lives locally and works as a support worker, said there was anger on a local community Facebook page about the hotel and the recent conviction of a resident for groping three women in separate attacks.
Qais Al-Aswad, 26, was found guilty this week of sexually assaulting the three women over a three-week period while cycling home from his job at a car wash in London to the asylum hotel.
He was convicted at Staines magistrates’ court this week and was remanded in custody, to be sentenced on October 1.
Police out in force in Liverpool
Police outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool
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In Liverpool, anti-migrant protesters are now marching and counter-protesters have been blocked off.
The marchers are chanting “England” and “Keir Starmer’s a w****r” to a drumbeat. A police helicopter is also hovering above the crowd.
Tensions flare as police draw batons in Bristol
Clashes between protesters and police flare in Bristol
In Bristol, multiple people have been arrested after police broke through the counter-demonstrators’ front line. Officers have drawn their batons and are telling masked protesters to “get back”.
Clashes flared up earlier as the police attempted to escort the anti-migrant protesters down the road, towards the city centre. Red flares were set off and the counter-demonstrators pushed back hard against officers.
Several people were thrown to the ground as protesters rushed forward to fight with the police and prevent the anti-migrant demonstrators from leaving.
The anti-migrant march later moved into Broadmead in the city centre. Dozens of anti-racist demonstrators rushed down the side roads to head them off.
The planned anti-migrant march in Bristol has come to a complete standstill, as even with mounted units the police have not been able or willing to break through the opposing counter-demonstrators.
Clashes between the anti-racist demonstrators and police officers have also calmed down for now, although the atmosphere is still tense.
In the middle of the street, a small group of of about 40 anti-migrant protesters wave Union Jacks and listen to rock music.
Police officers scuffle with demonstrators in Bristol on Saturday
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Police keep the peace in Liverpool
One little girl on her first trip to Liverpool asked her mother: “Are these the good guys or the bad ones?”
Her mother replied: “It’s not that simple. There are good and bad on both sides.”
A line of about 100 police officers now separates the protesters near Queen Square Centre. They have created more space between the rival factions.
Some signs amid the Union Jacks read “Rejoin your local church,” “Christ the King” and “Only God will judge us”.
Protests spread to Oxford and Perth 
Anti-migration protesters were outnumbered by counter-demonstrators in Perth
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Protests are also taking place in several other towns and cities across the UK, including Oxford and Perth.
In Oxford, about 100 people gathered both to protest against a migrant hotel and to launch a counter-protest. Police are also present. Activists have been arguing with each other but the protests do not appear to have descended into violence.
In Perth, anti-migrant protesters appear to have been considerably outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. The Stand Up to Racism group said the anti-migrant protesters were “demoralised” and had ended their demonstration.
Police escort for counter-demonstrators in Horley
In Horley, just after 1pm, the police blocked the road and began escorting the counter-demonstrators to the station.
The anti-migrant crowd began following and taunting the group while they were escorted, and police stopped the crowd on a nearby roundabout which police have had to partially close to traffic. The anti-migrant protesters are shouting “Send them home” and “Get out of our f*****g town”.
Police officers stood around the crowd of counter-demonstrators in the road in the middle of the roundabout as the two groups shouted at each other. Police directed traffic the other way.
After about 15 minutes on the roundabout the police began escorting the counter-demonstrators away again. Police blocked the anti-migrant protesters from following them to the station.
Protest on the move in Liverpool
In Liverpool, tensions are rising as one group shouts “Nazi scum off our streets”. There is hardly any room between the two sides now.
Occasionally there are individual standoffs and heated debates. One man is carrying a Palestinian flag.
More police officers have arrived, many carrying helmets. The protest is now on the move through the streets of the city.
Police protect anti-migrant demonstrators in Bristol
In Bristol, dozens of additional police officers have been brought in as back-up to protect the anti-migrant protesters from the counter-demonstration, many of whom are wearing face coverings, hats and sunglasses and are fighting with the police.
Five mounted officers are still deployed and are pressing forward into the counter-demonstrators, who are attempting to hold their ground.
The anti-migrant protesters have still been unable to set off on their march because of the scale of opposition.
Children and parents at Horley demonstration
A demonstrator outside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Horley
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Among those demonstrating against the Gatwick hotel are children with their parents. One woman had a pushchair with twin girls. Some of the counter-protesters are wearing masks.
The Sheraton Four Points hotel has been used by the Home Office as a migrant hotel for at least four years, according to some of the protesters.
A large green fence with fake green leaves, obscuring the view of the hotel, was recently put up at the front of the hotel grounds.
One couple at the protest said the hotel backed onto their garden and they want the council to challenge its legality in court, as has happened in Epping.
They recently put their house up for sale and said some people looking around it told them they did not want to move there after spotting the asylum hotel.
Taunts and chants at Horley, near Gatwick
A Stand Up To Racism protester and an anti-migrant demonstrator clash at Horley
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Just after midday a crowd of anti-migrant protesters faced off with counter-protesters at a roundabout outside a Gatwick airport hotel used to house asylum seekers.
About 200 men, women and children heckled about 50 counter-demonstrators standing on the roadside outside the hotel.
Dozens of police officers are now standing between the two groups, separating them by about 50 metres as anti-migrant demonstrators gather the other side of the busy Brighton Road, in Horley, Surrey.
While the counter-protesters chanted “Refugees are welcome here”, “Stop deportations” and “Nazi scum off our streets”, the anti-migrant crowd called them “traitors”, chanted “Whose streets? Our streets”, “Mass deportation is needed” and sang about Tommy Robinson. They were also chanting “paedos” at the counter-demonstrators.
Fist fights between police and counter-protesters
The police are separating the two sides in Bristol
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In Bristol, the anti-migrant protesters are attempting to march, flanked by large numbers of police officers and mounted units. The horses are attempting to push forward but the large crowds of counter-demonstrators are standing their ground.
Fist fights are breaking out between officers and the counter-demonstrators. The anti-racist crowd is chanting “Shame on you”, and “Police protect the fascists” as they press forward.
Avon and Somerset police are being bolstered with units from a Welsh police force.
Fighting breaks out in Bristol
Mounted police were deployed at Castle Park
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In Bristol, significant fighting has broken out between the police and anti-fascist demonstrators as the anti-migrant group attempted to leave.
Mounted officers have been brought in to control the crowd who are attempting to break through their ranks to get at the nationalist protesters.
Bristol’s counter-protesters outnumber demonstrators
Castle Park in Bristol, where the two sides taunted each other
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A brief scuffle broke out between the police and the anti-racist contingent in Bristol, many of whom are wearing bandanas and face masks. One protester was pinned against a wall and then led off by officers.
Avon and Somerset police appear to have bolstered their numbers with additional officers, as both sides taunt and swear at each other through their ranks.
There are around 40 anti-migrant protesters, mainly middle-aged men and women waving St George Cross flags, and at least 300 counter-demonstrators drowning them out.
Protests ramp up after High Court ruling
This week the High Court ruled that a council could remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping, Essex.
On Tuesday Epping Forest district council was granted a temporary injunction which effectively ordered the closure of the Bell Hotel from September 12.
• What does the Epping council decision mean for migrant hotels?
The decision threw the government’s asylum strategy into turmoil and on Friday the Home Office announced it would appeal the ruling.
Protests had been held outside the Bell Hotel since early July, after an asylum seeker was charged with trying to kiss a 14-year-old girl. The suspect denies the allegation.
Farage sets out mass deportation plan
Nigel Farage said he would take Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
Nigel Farage has vowed to remove hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers as part of a five-year “mass deportation” plan for Britain under a Reform UK government.
Farage, the Reform UK leader, said the £10 billion policy would lead to five charter flights leaving the country every day under emergency legislation known as the Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill.
The bill would stop migrants coming to the UK on small boats claiming asylum and allow them to be held in detention centres on “surplus” RAF bases while awaiting deportation.
Farage said he would take Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights and derogate from the UN Convention Against Torture and other international agreements.
Read in full here.
Tiktokers mingle with the crowd in Liverpool
In Liverpool the crowds are building on both sides, but there are still more counter-demonstrators — about 300 in total. One man dressed in black is waving an anti-fascist flag and flashing two fingers at those opposite.
More than 50 anti-migrant protesters have now gathered, brandishing Union Jacks and giant Ukip flags. There are signs saying “Stop the boats” and “Illegal criminals” alongside “Vote Ukip” placards. Only a few feet separate the two sides as the chanting continues.
Tiktokers mingled with the crowds on both sides filming the demo.
‘Liverpool is a multicultural city’
In Liverpool, Gaynor Kingsley, 62, held her husband’s hand as she held up a placard saying “Stop the far right”.
She told The Times: “We don’t want Liverpool to be a racist city. A cohesive England would be better. It’s sad to see this. We’re such a multicultural city — I don’t know why these people are here.”
Kingsley added: “It’s our city. We’ll decide who comes here and wrap our arms around them.”
UK is facing ‘massive crisis’, Farage says
Nigel Farage said in an interview with The Times that the UK was facing a “massive crisis” because of illegal immigration.
“It is not only posing a national security threat but it’s leading to public anger that frankly is not very far away from disorder,” Farage, the Reform UK leader, said.
“There is only one way to stop people coming into Britain and that is to detain them and deport them.”
Farage claimed that Britain was “going downhill very, very quickly” and said he believed he was the man to turn the country around, if elected prime minister.
Protests across the country on Friday
More than 250 demonstrators blocked a road and set off red flares near a hotel in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, on Friday.
The crowd outside the Marriott hotel included families with young children, groups of men and women wearing Union Jack T-shirts, and a female anti-migrant campaign group known as the Pink Ladies, whose members insisted they were “not far-right, just on the right side of history”.
Other protests took place outside hotels in Chichester, Portsmouth, Altrincham, and Leeds. Demonstrators also gathered near an airport hotel in Cardiff which houses families of Afghans who were granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK for their assistance to British forces fighting the Taliban.
Protesters outside the Britannia Hotel in Leeds were met with a large police presence
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Counter-protesters out in force in Bristol
The crowd in Bristol is bordered by two lines of police officers. Surrounding them on both sides is a significantly larger crowd of counter-demonstrators, who chanted slogans and waved placards that said: “Refugees are welcome here.”
Among the crowd of counter-demonstrators were people waving an antifascist flag, an Extinction Rebellion flag and a Young Communist League banner.
Last night, Avon and Somerset police issued a dispersal order for the city centre. A spokesman said the force had “plans in place to enable peaceful protest”.
‘Bristol Patriot’ group plays Rule, Britannia
In Bristol, about two dozen anti-migrant protesters have begun to form up in Castle Park, in the city centre.
The demonstration has been organised by a group called “Bristol Patriots”, who have distributed a handful of St George flags and pre-made signs that read: “Stop the boats, deport illegals now.”
Over speakers, the protesters are playing Rule, Britannia, followed by Sweet Caroline.
Anti-racism protesters gather in Liverpool
About a dozen police vans were in place around Liverpool’s St George’s Hall ahead of today’s march. Uniformed officers also stood together in small groups around the historic building.
Some 200 anti-racism protesters were surrounded by police. They chanted “Anti-fascists” and “Refugees welcome — open the borders. No deportations.”
They carried placards and signs reading “Smash the Far Right” and chanted: “Whose city? Our city.”
A handful of people carrying Ukip flags and Union Jacks were on the other side. One man carried a distinctive purple and yellow Ukip flag on a tall pole, and below it the red and white of a St George standard.
Demonstrations expected across the country
More than a dozen protests are due to take place over the weekend across England, Scotland and Wales.
Protests have already begun in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth, with counter-protesters outnumbering people demonstrating against migrant hotels.
Demonstrations are expected in Canary Wharf in central London as well as Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Wakefield, Newcastle, and Horley in Surrey.
Further protests will be held in Aberdeen and Mold in Flintshire, Wales.