Refugees being held at the Kangaroo Point Hotel were removed by police and transferred to the Brisbane Immigration Detention Centre late on Friday afternoon.
Ian Rintoule of Refugee Action Coalition reports that around 50 to 60 protestors gathered in less than an hour in response to what they say were forcible removals of the refugees.
Mr Rintoule says that 17 of the men who were moved to the Brisbane Immigration Detention Centre have been transferred to Melbourne this morning, with no confirmation of where they will be held once there.