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Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest-hit Epping hotel

Mohammed Sharwarq has been charged with seven offences and has been remanded into custody

The Independent UK

Another migrant living at controversial Epping asylum hotel charged with sexual assault

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of a series of anti-migrant protests

Evening Standard

Interim High Court injunction lodged by council in bid to stop asylum hotel

Documents in relation to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said.

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Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

Evening Standard

Anti-migrant unrest erupts despite UK's tightening of migration policy

Protests over asylum seeker accommodation have intensified in England, coinciding with the launch of a new UK-France deal to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

Radio France Internationale

Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest-hit Epping hotel

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

The Independent UK

Badenoch suggests migrants held in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned that some communities ‘don’t feel safe’ during a visit to Epping in Essex.

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Kemi Badenoch suggests 'camps' to house asylum seekers instead of hotels in visit to Epping

The Tory leader met anti-migrant protesters in Epping as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000

Evening Standard

Epping residents divided over Kemi Badenoch visit

The town has been the focal point of demonstrations and counter-protests over migrants.

Evening Standard

As protesters and politicians call for the closure of asylum hotels, what are the alternatives?

Anti-migration protesters and counterprotesters have clashed in recent weeks outside of hotels housing asylum seekers. While the protests have not reached the violent scale of the riots in summer 2024, a number of people have been arrested on charges related to violent disorder. Councillors in Epping have called for the…

The Conversation

Thursday briefing: How the far right is being allowed to shape the immigration debate in the UK

In today’s newsletter: On pavements outside hotels, in viral social media posts, and through a volatile mix of misinformation and local tensions, a dangerous movement is gathering momentum

The Guardian - UK

Two more men charged over Epping migrant hotel disorder

Nine others have already been charged by the CPS.

Evening Standard

Peaceful protest outside Epping asylum hotel

Essex Police said a group of people protesting against The Bell Hotel formed at about 6pm on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Police put dispersal order in place ahead of planned protest outside hotel

The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, has already been the scene of several demonstrations.

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Essex politicians call for meeting with Home Secretary over asylum-seeker hotel

Essex Police said 14 people have been charged in connection with protests at the site and there have been 23 arrests.

The Independent UK

Two more men appear in court after protest outside asylum-seeker hotel in Epping

Essex Police said the tally of people charged in connection with protests at The Bell Hotel in Epping now stands at 14.

The Independent UK

A year after anti-immigrant riots in Britain, many worry it could happen again

The killing of three girls at a summer dance class in England a year ago Tuesday, by a teenager misidentified as a migrant, triggered days of street violence directed at newcomers and minorities

Evening Standard

Two more men charged after protest outside migrant hotel in Epping

Phillip Curson, 52, and Martin Peagram, 33, are due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

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Inside the Essex town at the forefront of the migrant protests

Ben Lucas attended a protest in July to find out that the Epping unrest was a little more complicated

The Independent UK

Merseyside officers called in to help police Epping asylum hotel protests amid fears of widespread riots

Officers who dealt with last summer’s Southport riots were called in as protesters clashed in Essex

Evening Standard

Police boss demands meeting with Yvette Cooper to shut Epping asylum hotel

Roger Hirst said The Bell was a ‘totally inappropriate’ location after cost of policing incidents reached £100,000

Evening Standard

Police arrest three as hundreds of protesters face off outside Epping hotel housing asylum seekers

It marked the fifth time demonstrations have occurred outside the three-star establishment after an Ethiopian resident was charged with sexual assault

Evening Standard

Three arrested as demo takes place outside hotel used to house migrants

Sunday saw the latest in a series of demonstrations outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds gather again at Essex asylum hotel in weekend of anti-immigrant protests

Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London

Evening Standard

Protesters stage demo outside hotel used to house migrants

Anti-illegal migration protesters and counter-demonstrators have staged a rally outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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