Several hundred protesters have gathered at an inner Brisbane park demanding the release of asylum seekers being held in a nearby hotel.
The protesters gathered in Raymond Park, behind the Pineapple Hotel, in Kangaroo Point, on Sunday afternoon about 200m from where 120 men are being detained at Kangaroo Point Central Hotel.
After being addressed by organisers as they sat peacefully in the park, they marched en masse to the hotel chanting, "free, free the refugees" and "no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here."
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The demonstration was limited to two hours, after police successfully applied to a Brisbane court to place a time constraint on the rally to limit disruption to traffic and local residents.
Supporters have been camping outside the hotel and sometimes in the rain for more than a week to stop the men being relocated elsewhere.
Earlier this week, Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge said there were about 100 men detained at the complex and those determined to be refugees could resettle outside of Australia.
"They decide for themselves if they want to fully settle in PNG [or] in Nauru," Mr Tudge said.
"If they haven't got a refugee determination status they can return to their home country, or indeed return to the United States if that option is available to them."
A police spokesman said there had been no arrests.
