THE Downing Street confirmed there would be an emergency meeting on Monday after more than 150 people were arrested following violence against migrants that broke out in cities across Britain the weekend.

The so-called meetings Cobra (from Cabinet Office Briefing Room A) take place by law in the briefing room of the Cabinet Office A in Whitehall and are an emergency meeting.

The committee meeting will aim to brief the government on the violence over the weekend, as well as the next few days’ moves. Competent ministers and representatives of the police will participate.

It is recalled that the protesters also vandalized one second hotel with migrants in Tamworth, which is used to house asylum seekers.

Videos released on social media show the attack on the second hotel with protesters throwing objects and setting fire to a part of the hotel while shouting slogans.

The police were immediately notified and rushed to the scene to de-escalate the tension.

Starmer: Zero tolerance for violence – Riots due to deliberate actions by far-right

After attack on Southport violent riots broke out on Saturday in several cities, including in Liverpoolthe Bristol and Manchester and dozens of arrests were made, as shops and businesses were vandalized and looted and many police officers were injured.

His government Keir Starmer warned that it would not tolerate violence and would support the police by providing them with the means needed to deal with the situation.

Today, hundreds of protesters gathered near a hotel where asylum seekers were staying, near Rotherham, in the north of England. The crowd threw bricks at the police and broke several windows of the hotel, and then set garbage cans on fire. Several dozen protesters had also gathered at another hotel in Aldershot, southern England.

In both Rotherham and the north-west city of Lancaster, anti-racism counter-demonstrations were also organized and police tried to intervene between the two groups to prevent them from clashing.

As protests began in Bolton, near Manchester, police announced they had been given wider powers to deal with any anti-social behaviour. Police Inspector Natasha Evans said police would increase their presence to prevent any incidents.

A demonstration also began in Middlesbrough amid a tense atmosphere, Sky News reported.

Starmer has said the riots are due to deliberate actions by the far right coordinated by “a group of individuals who are certainly inclined towards violence” and that it is not a legitimate protest.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Saturday that those involved in criminal riots would face “the toughest possible sanctions”.