The protest erupted on Tuesday night outside the four-star Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, which the government intends to use as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers, according to Tower Hamlets Council.

Police are braced for a second night of protesters and counter-demonstrators gathered outside an east London hotel after it emerged that asylum seekers are set to be housed there. Officers are guarding the four-star Britannia International Hotel on Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf as the two rivals shout at each other from across the street.