Anti-migrant protest in Bristol: Everything we know as police make one arrest

An anti-migrant protest took place in Bristol today (Saturday, August 23) as counter protesters also took to the streets.

A section of Castle Park was closed off this afternoon as police officers formed a human wall across the road ahead of the hordes of protesters.

Demonstrations under the Abolish Asylum System slogan were held across the country, including Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley in Surrey and Canary Wharf in central London.

A separate protest organised by Stand Up to Racism also took place in Bristol as hundreds of counter-protesters surrounded anti-migrant protesters.

In Bristol, a handful of scuffles broke out among the crowds. However, neith

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