A protester carries a flare as police escort demonstrators away from St Pancras station.
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The newspaper added that the protesters held a banner calling for closure of British detention centres for migrants, including Yarl’s Wood in southeast England.
“I was researching a piece about refugee solidarity in Britain”. “Anarchists attacked by police responded by nicking their hats and vanishing into the mist”.
Europe is now struggling to find a solution to the large-scale migrant crisis, as thousands of refugees continue to flee conflicts and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
He was jailed for 16 months after admitting violent disorder.
The demonstration was part of the No Border campaign which calls for an end to immigration controls.
Photos posted on Twitter showed green and purple smoke bombs going off around officers in high-visibility yellow jackets.
A pro-refugee protest by Kings Cross station descended into “chaos” last night when demonstrators pushed through police lines and threw smoke bombs at officers. They were eventually shuffled out of the station, continuing their protest in the nearby Granary Square.
The force provided no further details of the arrests, but in a statement said: “At around 6pm on Saturday 24 October a number of protesters arrived at St Pancras rail station and officers worked to facilitate a peaceful protest.
This group were dispersed by police and officers remain at the station”.
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Despite a number of people getting past the police line, there was no injuries or arrests recorded.
