Overview

• Protesters hurled bottles and smoke bombs at police vans blocking the hotel entrance, wounding one officer and denting a vehicle.
• Essex Police detained five people at the Sunday rally, with four held over a Thursday protest that left eight officers injured.
• A 33-year-old man has been formally charged with violent disorder for his involvement in the weekend disturbances.
• Demonstrators chanted xenophobic slogans such as “Renvoyez-les chez eux” and carried placards calling for the expulsion of foreign criminals.
• Officials warn the clashes echo last summer’s anti-immigration riots targeting asylum hotels after the Southport killings.