Hundreds gather in Parliament Square to protest over illegal migration bill

Crowd demonstrate in Westminster as MPs debate government's controversial immigration reforms

Hundreds of people have gathered in Parliament Square to protest against the government's controversial new asylum and migration law as MPs debated the measures in the Commons.

The crowd, which first congregated around the Winston Churchill statue, chanted What do we want? Safe passage. When do we want it? Now", and Who built the NHS? Migrants built the NHS." Many held placards, which read migrants and refugees welcome here: blame austerity, not migrants".