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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Police dismiss claims they bussed anti-racists to Epping asylum hotel protest

Police officers standing guard outside the Bell hotel in Epping
Police officers standing guard outside the Bell hotel in Epping on Sunday. Photograph: Lab Ky Mo/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

Police have described claims they bussed anti-racism demonstrators to a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers as “categorically wrong” after Nigel Farage and others repeated the allegation.

The response from the Essex police chief constable, Ben-Julian Harrington, came as his force said 10 people had now been arrested in connection with violence that erupted after protests outside the hotel in Epping.

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