A radical of masked protesters person surrounded a Bibby Stockholm bound manager sent to cod a radical of asylum seekers being housed successful Peckham.
The demonstrators surrounded the manager successful a quality concatenation soon aft it arrived at Peckham Road autobus halt astatine astir 8am and person blocked each entrances and exits to the vehicle.
The migrants scheduled to beryllium moved to the government's floating compound successful Dorset person been told to stay successful the Best Western edifice until the concern has been resolved.
It is believed the manager was acceptable to collect other passengers connected its way to Dorset.
The asylum seekers had been told they would beryllium collected connected Thursday greeting by manager to relocate to the Bibby Stockholm moored astatine Portland successful Dorset.
The demonstrators surrounded the manager successful a quality concatenation soon aft it arrived astatine Peckham Road autobus halt astatine astir 8am and person blocked each entrances and exits to the vehicle
Police are present remonstrating with the protesters who person been inspired by akin actions successful Margate
Due to the enactment the manager has been incapable to permission with the migrants
Kojo Kyerewaa, a coordinator for the protest, said: 'Our friends who are astatine a Home Office edifice got notification that they were going to beryllium taken to the Bibby Stockholm today.'
According to Kyerewaa, the protestation was inspired by a akin 1 successful Margate past week, wherever a manager was prevented from taking 22 asylum seekers to the barge.
Meanwhile. much than 700 migrants arrived successful the UK yesterday aft crossing the - a caller grounds for the twelvemonth truthful far.
The Home Office said 711 radical made the travel successful 14 boats connected Wednesday, suggesting an mean of 51 radical per boat.
It takes the provisional full for the fig of arrivals this twelvemonth truthful acold to 8,278.
Channel crossings had already deed a caller grounds precocious for the archetypal 4 months of a calendar year, jumping 34% connected 2023 erstwhile 6,192 were recorded and up 19% connected the full astatine this signifier successful 2022 (6,945).
Last twelvemonth 29,437 migrants arrived successful the UK, down 36% connected a grounds 45,774 arrivals successful 2022.
Since the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act became instrumentality aft receiving Royal Assent connected Thursday past week, 1,611 migrants person made the travel successful 32 boats.
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