Protesters in south London have blocked a coach set to transport asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge.
A large group of people, many with their faces covered, surrounded the coach outside the Best Western Hotel in Peckham on Thursday and prevented it from leaving.
Police have warned the group they face arrest if they do not disperse, but protesters said they were ‘determined’ to stop the coach from leaving.
Welfare group SOAS Detainee Support posted on X calling for more people to help them stop the coach leaving but said the protesters were “determined” it would not.
The posts said: ‘Comrades have stopped our friends being taken to the Bibby barge – but more numbers needed!
‘We’ve also learned the coach is meant to be taking people from three other hotels en route.
‘Resistance may be needed at these three hotels if the coach eventually leaves Peckham – but the comrades are determined it won’t!’
Video footage of the scene shows protesters could be heard chanting ‘no borders, no nations, stop deportations’.
In a statement posted on X, the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Police were called at around 8.40am to reports of a group of protesters near a hotel in Peckham Road SE15.
‘There were reports that a coach had been obstructed by people and bicycles.’
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: ‘My officers were quickly on scene and have engaged with the protesters at length.
‘They have warned the group that they could be arrested.
‘We will share more information when we can.’
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