A group of police officers in fluorescent tabards speaking into talkback devices and holding riot helmets - there is a large police van in the background at the entrance to a building with a Bell Hotel sign

The Essex town hit by divisive protests over asylum seekers hotel – BBC

July 22, 2025

The Essex town hit by divisive protests over asylum seekers hotel BBCMigrant hotels are radicalising Middle England The TelegraphPolice say asylum protest turned into ‘thuggery’ BBCFive arrested as more than 1,000 protesters gather outside Essex asylum hotel The GuardianEpping protest: Nigel Farage defends asylum hotel demonstrators The Times