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Evening Standard
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Anthony France

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

Protests took place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The police and crime commissioner for Essex has demanded an urgent meeting with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to seek the closure of a hotel being used to house migrants.

Roger Hirst said The Bell was a totally inappropriate location for asylum seekers after violent protests.

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