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Express Tribune
03-08-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests
An opposition protester is arrested during protests against a Britain First 'March for Remigration' demonstration, in Manchester, on Aug. 2, 2025. Photo AFP Listen to article Further scuffles broke out at anti-immigration protests in the UK on Saturday, with police making several arrests. Demonstrators calling for mass "remigration" gathered in central Manchester, northwest England, for a march organised by the far-right "Britain First" group, which was confronted by anti-racism groups. Meanwhile in central London, rival demonstrators converged outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, following similar recent events that have occasionally turned violent. In Manchester, the two groups clashed briefly at the start of the protest before police split them up, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. "Send them back, don't let them in — just stop them coming in, we've got hotels full of immigrants and we've got our own homeless people in the streets begging for food but nowhere to live," said protestor Brendan O'Reilly, 66. Counter-protestor Judy, a 60-year-old retired nurse, told AFP she was there "because I don't want to see people full of hate on the streets of Manchester." "Do they want them all to go back or is it just people with brown skin? I suspect it's just people with brown skin that they want to re-migrate," she added. In London, similar clashes erupted outside a hotel in the Barbican neighbourhood before police intervened. Metropolitan Police wrote on X that officers had cleared a junction where counter-protesters had assembled in breach of the conditions in place. "There have been nine arrests so far, with seven for breaching Public Order Act conditions," added the force.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Birmingham City Council disrupt far right Britain First rally plan for 'not meeting British Values'
Far right, anti migrant party Britain First has been told 'not welcome' by Birmingham City Council over its plans to host a major anti-immigrant rally in the heart of the city this weekend - but are still bracing for a hostile turnout. The council has refused to give the group the vehicle access to Victoria Square it requested, on the grounds the planned event is 'incompatible with our commitments to equality, community cohesion and the promotion of British Values.' Security bollards will not be lowered to allow in vehicles and for a stage to be set up in the square. However, Britain First party leader Paul Golding has insisted the rally will go on as planned, with the council unable to ban its supporters attending on foot. READ MORE: Selly Oak's action man MP in record breaking bid to climb Everest in seven days He has claimed that 'thousands' of activists will be descending on the city. A recent similar rally in Nuneaton mustered up a small crowd of around 100. Anti fascist groups are already planning counter protests. Police are understood to be planning for a potential security risk for the city on Saturday afternoon. We have contacted West Midlands Police. In a post on its website, Britain First said it intended to challenge the council's decision. In an email sent to the party about its request for vehicle access to the square, the council wrote that after 'careful review' the rally planned 'does not comply with our No Platform Policy'. "This policy ensures that council resources, and support are not extended to organisations whose activities, values or affiliations are incompatible with our commitments to equality, community cohesion, and the promotion of British Values. It also applies where there has been adverse media reporting relating to extremism or radicalisation." The council is unable in law to ban the group, a registered political party, from holding the event, which is billed as a 'March for Remigration'. The group is calling for mass deportations of immigrants. It campaigns primarily against British Muslims and multiculturalism, and advocates the preservation of 'traditional British culture'.
