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Police eject protesters from St Pancras Station | Police eject protesters from St Pancras Station |
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Protesters demonstrating in support of migrants and refugees have been ejected from St Pancras Station in London, according to the Metropolitan Police. | Protesters demonstrating in support of migrants and refugees have been ejected from St Pancras Station in London, according to the Metropolitan Police. |
Disorder broke out on Saturday after demonstrators broke through a police line and entered the Eurostar terminal at about 18:00 BST. | |
Smoke bombs were thrown before protestors were "swiftly ejected" from the building, a Met spokesman said. | |
British Transport Police (BTP) said a man and a woman were arrested. | |
A post on the website of a group called Calais Migrant Solidarity suggest it had organised the protest in "solidarity with the Calais migrants". | A post on the website of a group called Calais Migrant Solidarity suggest it had organised the protest in "solidarity with the Calais migrants". |
BTP, which jointly policed the protest with the Met, said its officers were facilitating a peaceful protest when "a number of other individuals arrived at the station causing disorder, and missiles, including smoke bombs were thrown at police officers". | |
"This group were dispersed by police," it said. | "This group were dispersed by police," it said. |