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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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025

Police impose restrictions ahead of fresh protests outside migrant hotel

Sunday is set to see the latest in a series of demonstrations outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2025

Home Office working to ‘restore order’ as council calls for asylum hotel to shut

Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

How violent protests in Epping are being fuelled by disinformation

Claims Essex police force bussed in antiracism activists have been denied but have spread on social media and rightwing news channels

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025

Dramatic moment police officers arrest Epping migrant hotel ‘protester’ at his home

Sixteen people held after disorder at Bell Hotel which began peacefully

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Voices: In its handling of the Epping asylum hotel protest, what exactly has Essex Police done wrong?

COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Essex disorder was ‘signal flare’ of rising unrest and cracks in police forces

There have been a series of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping since an asylum seeker was charged with sexual assault.

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Police fears over summer riots as forces already ‘stretched to the maximum’

Essex Police have already spent £100,000 policing unrest in Epping as they’re forced to draft in support from neighbouring forces after the protests turned ugly

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025

False online rumours spark protests outside Canary Wharf hotel earmarked for migrants

Protesters gathered at the site in London after posts claimed migrants were being moved there from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025