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Video posted on X by Jack Hadfield appears to show five Territorial Support Group vans have arrived at the scene of an anti-migrant protest outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf.

Tensions briefly escalated as police officers moved in, with one protester beside a reporter shouting at the incoming vans, accusing them of “causing more problems than [they] solve.” The protest, which has drawn vocal opposition to the use of the hotel for housing migrants, continues amid a growing police presence.

According to an X post on the account of newsman Jack Hadfield, police vans have barricaded the vehicle entrance to the Britannia Hotel.

The Daily Express understands that no asylum seekers are being housed in the hotel and there are no plans to do so.

Witnesses report seeing people inside the hotel despite police and security preventing people from entering.

According to booking websites like Booking.com, the property is not “taking reservations on our site right now”.

A young woman who is handing out leaflets to protesters says that they would welcome the residents if they were women and children.

She said: “Why are they all men? Why are they all fighting age men that have left their families in supposedly unsafe countries?

“If it was my husband, he would not be my husband anymore if he left and left me at home.

“If that hotel was full of women and children, people wouldn’t be here and we would be sat having a cup of tea with them.”

Every protester I speak to lists the safety of local women as their primary concern with the hotel.

Some are admittedly driven by what they have read online, with several making unsubstantiated claims about the criminal records of hotel residents.

But others are genuinely worried, worried about the arrival of young men from a variety of cultures. Some say they have daughters and are outside this evening out of a fear for their safety if the hotel becomes a permanent base for those awaiting process.

Most mention what happened in Epping last week and it is perhaps not surprising that events which ignitied demonstrations there are at the forefront of their brains.

The heavy police presence, which has seen dozens of officers, tactical units and a helicopter deployed is likely also driven by the violent disorder seen outside the Essex asylum centre.

Another protester said: “There will be around 1,500 people in here and the law of averages says that one will be a wrong un’.

“Would you want your daughter walking around here at night?”

One man wearing a St George’s Flag warns one criminal incident is all it will take for violence to break out.

He said: “This place is a tinderbox, mark my word. One rape, one assault or anything and this place will go up in flames.

“I am here protesting peacefully but if that happens there will be nothing the police can do.”

Lorraine Kavanagh, 70, who has been working for a local charity on the Isle of Dogs for 42 years, said they serve over 1,000 people, most in employment, a week in their food bank, who “still cannot afford to come in here [the Britannia International Hotel] for one night for an anniversary or for a birthday”.

She continued: “The school holidays have now started […] so the kids are now out on the streets, where they should be; they should be out there playing.

“Parents should not be terrified that their children are out and could be […] approached, spoken to by people who have no passports, no identity.”

A map from Google shows the location of the Britannia International Hotel in London.

The latest protest comes after protesters clashed with police and counter-protesters outside a migrant hotel in Epping last Thursday (July 17).

Locals opposed to migrants being housed at The Bell Hotel gathered outside the venue and shouted “shame on you” at cops and counter-protesters.

Two security guards were assaulted by a group of men at a bus stop in the town. Meanwhile, the Express saw one officer hit in the head by a projectile thrown from the crowd.

Police were forced to block a road with vans and it is estimated around 200 protesters were in attendance. A man was arrested on suspicion of affray.

James Regan, a local Reform UK councillor, told the Express: “I’m here to protest against what’s going on here and across the country. They’re trying to infuse us with illegal migrants and we’re fed up with it now.”

A black Ferrari has driven past the protest with an occupant shouting “Free Palestine”.

It is currently not possible to make resverations at the Britainnia International Hotel on Booking.com.

The official Britannia Hotels website is also not taking bookings for the Canary Wharf hotel.

Our reporter Conor Wilson says a helicopter is hovering above the hotel in London. There are also at least 12 tactical support vans in attendance.

A crowd has been heard shouting “Keir Starmer is a w*****” as they gather outside a reported asylum seeker hotel in London. A Daily Express reporter at the scene witnessed clashes between the large group and a small group of counter-protesters shouting “refugees welcome!”

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Footage shows the protesters chanting “Keir Starmer’s a w*****”.

Councillor Nathalie Bienfait is a counter-protester at the scene. She said the borough has a history of “helping people in need”.

She is at the protest to stand in solidarity with them.

Our reporter at the scene said she was approached by protesters who were quickly moved away by police.

A video shared on X shows eggs reportedly being thrown from upper-floor windows during the protest at the hotel in Canary Wharf.

A recent picture shows crowds gathering outside the hotel as the protest takes place. A number of police vans are in attendance.

According to Lee Nallalingham, the chairman of Reform UK Tower Hamlets and Newham branch, the hotel was recently handed over for us by “asylum seekers and refugees”.

A recent picture taken from the Britannia International Hotel shows police officers in attendance.

According to our reporter at the scene, Conor Wilson, five counter-protesters have been moved to safety. They were holding a flag reading: “Migrants welcome”.

A group of protesters have gathered outside a hotel in Canary Wharf, London, this evening.

It’s reported that asylum seekers are being housed there. This is yet to be confirmed.

Welcome to our live blog coverage. Our reporter Conor Wilson is at the hotel and will be reporting back this evening.