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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.

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

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 · Jul 29, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025

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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.

Evening Standard · 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

Anti-racism demonstrators mount counter-protest at Epping hotel

Campaigners from Stand Up To Racism marched to The Bell Hotel

The Independent UK · 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

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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

Councillors vote to urge Government to close Epping asylum hotel

The latest protest outside the Bell Hotel was held on Thursday evening.

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

One arrest as protesters again descend on hotel in Epping

Dozens gather outside The Bell Hotel in Epping after recent string of violent protests there – although police describe latest demonstration as ‘peaceful so far’

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Arrest made outside migrant hotel as Epping council votes to ‘shut it’

Councillors worried public demonstrations ‘being infiltrated on the extremes of politics’

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Arrest made as protesters gather outside Epping hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

A group gathered outside The Bell Hotel, Epping, on Thursday evening and shortly after 7.30pm police said the protest had ‘so far been peaceful’.

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

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

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Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Police deny 'bussing' claims after escorting counter-protesters to Epping migrant hotel demo 'for safety reasons'

The force said the protests began peacefully but ‘escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage’

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025

Farage counter-protester claims at asylum hotel are ‘categorically wrong’, Police say

In a social media video, Farage said Essex Police chief constable should resign as a result of the claims

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Essex Police say counter-protester transport claims ‘categorically wrong’

A series of demonstrations has taken place outside the Bell Hotel in Epping over the last week.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025

Five men charged after violent protests outside Essex hotel

There have been a series of protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2025

‘A crisis boiling over’: The Essex community divided over violent migrant protests

IN FOCUS: While the violent protests have subsided, Epping remains split over the events that sparked the unrest that has plagued the community for the past 10 days, as Holly Evans and Nicole Wootton-Cane report

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2025

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Farage defends protesters outside Essex asylum hotel as ‘concerned families’

Reform UK leader claims UK will see ‘civil disobedience on vast scale’ unless migrants stop arriving in UK on small boats

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Cost of policing protests outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’ reaches £100,000

There have been six arrests, while eight police officers were injured

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

Cost of policing protests outside hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’ hits £100,000

The latest protest, on Sunday, saw more than 100 demonstrators assemble outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Euronews · Jul 21, 2025

UK police arrest six people after asylum seeker hotel protest turns violent

Chanting "Save our kids" and "Send them home," more than 100 demonstrators, some waving England flags, gathered outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday evening. The protests escalated as night fell, with flares and projectiles thrown toward police vans blocking the entrance.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

What happened at protests outside Essex migrant hotel and what have police said?

Experts warn far-right are capitalising on local issues to incite violence

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