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Epping Migrant Hotel Clashes Prompt Police Probe as Closure Petition Tops 4,500

Essex Police is investigating alleged racially aggravated assaults on security staff outside the hotel, intensifying pressure to relocate its asylum residents.

Protesters outside the Bell Hotel in Epping a recently arrived asylum seeker was charged with sex offences
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Overview

  • Essex Police has launched a racially aggravated assault investigation after two private security officers were attacked approaching The Bell Hotel on July 13.
  • The Bell Hotel remains open under heightened police and private security deployment to prevent further violence.
  • Council leader Chris Whitbread’s petition demanding the hotel’s closure has surpassed 4,500 signatures, pushing the Home Office to consider relocating the asylum seekers.
  • Officers are reviewing body-worn video from weekend protests to identify offences and inform future public order policing.
  • Protests and counter-demonstrations were originally sparked by charges against asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who denies all allegations and is in custody.