A hotel near London that has become the focus of heated anti-migrant protests will have to remove asylum-seekers who are staying there after authorities won a legal bid

The British government policy of housing thousands of asylum seekers in hotels was facing severe pressure on Wednesday, as opponents leapt on a court ruling to call for protests and legal action to have them all evicted.

Six people have been arrested following a protest outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers. Demonstrators gathered at the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf on Sunday afternoon, with some seen setting off pink flares and waving England flags.