Hundreds block vehicle transporting man arrested for immigration offences

In the news that the man had been released on bail, Mr Popoola told PA: “He will be released, peaceful protest is powerful.”

A woman who gave her name only as Nicola – and who is an activist with the south London arm of Stand Up To Racism – said police had “given up” on trying to arrest people at the scene.

She told the PA: “Police tried to arrest a number of activists at the front but they were held down by others who were also seated and the police gave up.

“And finally, after a lot of protesting, the police announced they were going to release him (the arrested man) and it took, I don’t know, about half an hour before they actually opened the doors, so we all stayed and called.” to do so quickly.”