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| Scuffle between police and counter-protesters as antifa shows up to disrupt anti-migrant rally in London (VIDEO) | Scuffle between police and counter-protesters as antifa shows up to disrupt anti-migrant rally in London (VIDEO) |
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| People opposing and supporting asylum seekers in the UK gathered for competing rallies at the government district of Croydon in South London. Tensions escalated into an altercation with the police. | People opposing and supporting asylum seekers in the UK gathered for competing rallies at the government district of Croydon in South London. Tensions escalated into an altercation with the police. |
| The scuffle happened outside Lunar House, which hosts the immigration division of the Home Office. A group of people with a pro-refugee stance clashed with police officers keeping them away from a small anti-immigrant rally. | The scuffle happened outside Lunar House, which hosts the immigration division of the Home Office. A group of people with a pro-refugee stance clashed with police officers keeping them away from a small anti-immigrant rally. |
| The Croydon location was picked for a demonstration by people concerned with the rising number of immigrants arriving in the country. Their reluctance to see more arrivals of foreigners has been fuelled lately by a record number of attempts to cross the English Channel by asylum seekers, which was reported last week, and evacuations from Afghanistan. | The Croydon location was picked for a demonstration by people concerned with the rising number of immigrants arriving in the country. Their reluctance to see more arrivals of foreigners has been fuelled lately by a record number of attempts to cross the English Channel by asylum seekers, which was reported last week, and evacuations from Afghanistan. |
| Demonstrating on the other side of the police line were a significantly larger number of people, who showed up for a counter-protest. Those activists want refugees to be widely accepted in the UK and consider people with the opposite view racists. | Demonstrating on the other side of the police line were a significantly larger number of people, who showed up for a counter-protest. Those activists want refugees to be widely accepted in the UK and consider people with the opposite view racists. |
| They carried a large black banner declaring their position and chanted slogans like ‘Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcomed here’. | They carried a large black banner declaring their position and chanted slogans like ‘Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcomed here’. |
| Some of the counter-protesters appeared quite angry at the police officers who kept the groups separated. The police were accused of “protecting fascists” from the self-identified “anti-fascists.” The scuffle happened after tempers ran particularly high. | Some of the counter-protesters appeared quite angry at the police officers who kept the groups separated. The police were accused of “protecting fascists” from the self-identified “anti-fascists.” The scuffle happened after tempers ran particularly high. |
| The anti-immigrant crowd dismissed their detractors as “rent-a-mob anarchists.” | The anti-immigrant crowd dismissed their detractors as “rent-a-mob anarchists.” |
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