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The police force facing scrutiny over its handling of protests outside a migrant hotel is set to hold a press conference. Senior figures from Essex Police are expected to answer questions about the decisions they have taken after days of volatile demonstrations.
Essex Police "have questions to answer" after pro-migrant protesters were guided to the Epping hotel at the centre of violence, the migration minister has said.
COPS have admitted escorting pro-migrant protesters to an asylum hotel before violence erupted. Essex Police had initially denied it had brought demonstrators from Stand Up to Racism to the Bell
I don’t think anybody in London understands just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country,’ Mr Farage said
No10 slams violent 'thugs' after six arrested during latest migrant hotel demonstration - Missiles were thrown at an elderly woman counter-protesting who had to be escorted away by police
The large group of protesters gathered outside a hotel in Canary Wharf, London, were swarmed by cops and police vans amid claims on social media that asylum seekers are being housed there. The Daily Express understands that no asylum seekers are being housed in the hotel and there are no plans to do so.
Far from 'concerned local citizens' protests, fascists with a history of racist violence are organising the racist pogroms in Epping.
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Essex Live on MSNEpping hotel protestors claim they aren't 'racist' or 'right wing' - just 'concerned about their children'A third protest against the use of Epping's Bell Hotel as a refuge for asylum seekers took place last night (July 20). Protests erupted outside the Bell Hotel after a resident, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was charged with sexual offences in relation to a teenage girl.