2 more men in court over asylum hotel protests
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Two more people have been charged following anti-migrant protests in Epping, bringing the total number to nine.
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Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots
The Metropolitan Police has erected a steel ring outside the Britannia Hotel in east London. The hotel is set to host asylum seekers, according to the local council, and now the police have put up metal barriers to prevent anyone unauthorised from entering.
An Epping councillor has said tensions are reaching “boiling point” in the community amid ongoing anti-migrant protests over a hotel housing asylum seekers in the Essex town.
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The head of the Police Federation, Tiff Lynch, said officers were likely to be taken away from neighbourhood duties
The father of a young girl who was allegedly targeted by an Ethiopian asylum seeker in Epping blamed the government for putting “children and grandchildren at risk” as a heavy police presence gathered in the town,
A council has unanimously voted to urge the Government to close a hotel housing asylum seekers following a series of protests around the site in Essex.