The Independent focuses on key issues such as reproductive rights and climate change while ensuring factual reporting without paywalls. Recent protests in the UK against using hotels for housing asylum seekers have escalated, leading to some arrests and minor clashes with police. Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle reiterated that peaceful protests are valid, but disrespect toward law enforcement is unacceptable. Protests have included incidents like harassing hotel staff and hindering deliveries, prompting police action to maintain order.
A Home Office minister has hit back at those taking part in anti-migration protests, warning that anger doesn't get you anywhere and emphasizing the need for peaceful demonstrations.
Protests across the UK opposing the use of hotels to house asylum seekers have escalated, resulting in arrests during demonstrations that included harassment of hotel occupants and staff.
Dame Angela Eagle has expressed that while people are entitled to demonstrate peacefully regarding migration, they do not have the right to abuse the police.
Protesters at the hotel in Canary Wharf disrupted deliveries and attempted to breach security fencing, prompting the intervention of the Metropolitan Police.
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