MIGRATION PROTESTS HIT LONDON’S CANARY WHARF – Some protesters, displaced by development, are angry that migrants get housing there.
Protesters opposed to a local hotel housing migrants and anti-racism campaigners faced off today on the fringes of London’s plush financial district of Canary Wharf as the rival groups traded slogans and abuse.
What was unique about this protest was not its subject – anti-migrant demonstrations occasionally happen outside hotels where they are housed. It was the location, right next to the trading floors, hotels and high-end restaurants of Canary Wharf.
The protests took place after similar action on the northeastern outskirts of London, in Epping, this weekend, which drew headlines nationwide.
Protesters included residents and people who hail from the district who had been rehoused in eastern London to make way for the development in the late 1980s. Mixed into this were non-local protestors on both sides of the national migrant argument.
Some anti-migrant campaigners say they fear a recurrence of the violence that shook Britain in the summer of 2024, if the Government continues to ignore the groundswell of local opinion. One resident who wished to stay anonymous stated, “Calling us, Far-Right is an insult. We were forced out of this area, and now we see Migrants moving in, into what we used to call home.”
