Three Charged After Protest Stops Coach Taking Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Police said they were called at around 8.40am on Thursday to reports of people obstructing a coach, which was parked outside a hotel in Peckham.

Police officers guard a coach as it arrives outside the Best Western hotel in Peckham, south London, to collect migrants destined for the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset, on May 2, 2024. PA

Three people have been charged after protesters blocked a coach set to take asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Police said they were called at around 8.40 a.m. on Thursday to reports of people obstructing a coach, which was parked outside a Best Western Hotel in Peckham, south-east London.