Police made several arrests after protesters blocked a coach set to take asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Witnesses said they saw at least 10 people detained by officers outside the Best Western Hotel in Peckham, south-east London, on Thursday.

Police said they were called at around 8.40am to reports of people obstructing a coach, which was parked outside the hotel.

The Metropolitan Police said: “A number of people have been arrested for offences including obstruction of the highway, and one for a racially aggravated public order offence. They have all been taken into custody.”

It comes as the Home Office abandoned plans to move a group of asylum seekers to the Bibby barge in the wake of protests in Margate last week.

Jeremy Kyle discusses the story with Talk’s chief political commentator Peter Cardwell.

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