Demonstrations held under the Abolish Asylum System slogan took place around the UK, including Bristol, Liverpool and Horley, Aberdeen, Perth and Mold.
Forces across the country arrested 15 people in relation to the protests.
Avon and Somerset Police said a 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
Protesters from an anti-immigration group demonstrate against uncontrolled immigration outside Radisson Hotel in Perth, Scotland. (Photo: Getty Images) Demonstrators clashing with police in Horley, Surrey. Photo: (Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)The anti-racism protesters chanted “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here”, and held signs calling for solidarity and to “stop deportations”.
The two groups almost came together in the early afternoon, with lines of police separating them.
The Stand Up to Racism protesters were shepherded into a smaller area as they continued to chant “no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here”, which were met with “no they’re f not” from the immigration protesters.
Police keep anti migrant protestors and anti fascists demonstrators apart in Horley (Photo: Getty Images Europe)Mounted police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest by Abolish Asylum System and counter-protesters at Castle Park in Bristol on Saturday 23 August (Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)Chief Supt Juliet Parker, of Surrey Police, said officers had supported the public’s right to protest outside the hotel this morning and “while the majority of those present were protesting lawfully there were some individuals whose behaviour became disruptive”.
Police also arrested eleven people in Liverpool after UKIP protesters and counter demonstrators faced off.
Stand up to racism demonstrators outside the Sheraton Four Points hotel, believed to be housing asylum seekers, in Horley (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)People take part in a counter protest against an Abolish Asylum System protest outside the Radisson Hotel in Perth. (Photo: PA)
Stand Up To Racism, which organised the counter protest, claims it forced UKIP to abandon the march which was due to finish in the Toxteth area of the city.
About 40 people took part in a counter protest nearby holding banners which had “no to racism” and “asylum seekers welcome” written on them.
They also follow the High Court ruling on Tuesday to grant Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction to remove asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, from September 12.
The Government announced plans on Friday to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and to further appeal against the temporary injunction.
People take part in a counter protest to a Stand Up To Racism rally outside the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Horley, Surrey (Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)An anti immigration rally outside the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Horley (Photo: PA)Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage also announced he plans for mass deportations if he becomes prime minister.
Mr Farage said the plans could see hundreds of thousands of people deported and five charter flights taking off from the UK every day.
“We have a massive crisis in Britain. It is not only posing a national security threat but it’s leading to public anger that frankly is not very far away from disorder.
“There is only one way to stop people coming into Britain and that is to detain them and deport them.”
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