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This is the moment a smartly-dressed protester appears to be knocked to the ground as scuffles break out at a migrant protest in Peckham.
Dozens of police officers were called to the south-east London borough this morning after a group of masked protesters blocked a coach trying to take migrants from a hotel to the Bibby Stockholm barge.
Mobile phone footage taken from the scene appears to show one of the demonstrators being pushed to the ground by a Met Police officer, as the force attempts to move the crowds away from the coach.
Another person screams out: 'That's my dad', as the man falls to the floor and has to be helped up by his fellow activists during the chaotic scenes.
The crowds can then heard chanting 'shame on you' to the officers, after being warned by the Met that arrests were imminent.
The protesters swarmed the coach in Peckham shortly after 8am this morning. The activists formed a human chain around the vehicle before letting down its tyres and hurling Lime bikes under its path to prevent it leaving.
Mobile phone footage shows one of the demonstrators (pictured) being pushed to the ground by a Met Police officer
The demonstrators surrounded the coach in a human chain shortly after it arrived at Peckham Road bus stop at around 8am
Dozens of uniformed police officers have descended on the scene of the Peckham demonstration
The Metropolitan Police have said that they 'have warned the groups that they could be arrested' however as of yet no arrests have been made
The organised group were chanting 'we will not be moved' and 'refugees are welcome here' before throwing lime bikes under the vehicle whilst police attempted to defuse the situation.
In the absence of police action, protesters have been seen chanting, playing music on the pavements and sitting in the road smoking roll up cigarettes and drinking tonic wine.
The driver of the van has now been escorted out of the van and dozens of uniformed police officers have descended on the scene to attempt to form their own ring around the coach.
The Metropolitan Police have said that they 'have warned the groups that they could be arrested' however as of yet no arrests have been made.
The migrants scheduled to be moved to the government's floating compound in Dorset have been told to remain in the Best Western hotel until the situation has been resolved.
It is believed the coach was set to collect other passengers on its route to Dorset.
The asylum seekers had been told they would be collected on Thursday morning by coach to relocate to the Bibby Stockholm moored at Portland in Dorset.
Explaining their actions, one protester said: 'We are trying to stop police deporting migrants.
'These are human beings who don't deserve to be moved around like cattle. It's state-sponsored human trafficking, that's why we are here.
'Today they are moving them to Bibby Stockholm. We are going to block the method of transporting them.
'We will find any way to stop the coach from moving, whatever that looks like.'
The organised group has been chanting 'we will not be moved' and 'refugees are welcome here' whilst police attempt to defuse the situation
Lime bikes have been wedged underneath the coach to further prevent its exit
