Anti-migrant protests persisted across Britain on Sunday outside hotels housing asylum seekers, a day after police were forced to separate demonstrators and counter-protesters in multiple cities as tensions flared over immigration policies.

Asylum hotels across the UK are reportedly facing a wave of anti-immigration protests this weekend. Dozens of demonstrations targetting hotels housing migrants and asylum seekers were being organised on Thursday, The Times has reported.

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain plans to reform its asylum appeals process to accelerate decisions, reduce a backlog of cases and phase out the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, it said on Sunday, seeking to respond to mounting public pressure over the issue.