UK police arrest 5 men at hotel near London during anti-asylum protest

31/8/2025 6:23

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.



Two police officers suffered minor injuries, it said.



"We understand strength of feeling on these issues, but where peaceful protest crosses the line into criminality, including injuries to our officers, we will take immediate action," Commander Adam Slonecki said in a statement.