Protests against housing asylum seekers have intensified, with hundreds gathering outside hotels in Epping and other locations. Authorities deployed a large police presence and established barriers to minimize clashes between opposing groups. Demonstrations were triggered by the arrest of an asylum seeker charged with a serious offense. There were outbreaks of violence during prior protests, resulting in arrests and charges for public order offenses. Protesters displayed various slogans reflecting anti-immigration sentiments, while counter-protesters advocated for refugee support and inclusivity.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a hotel in Epping on Sunday for the fifth time to protest at the premises being used to house asylum seekers, as protests spread to other hotels over the weekend.
A large police presence containing officers from multiple forces restricted contact between anti- and pro-immigrant protesters, with Essex police saying restrictions were necessary after what it described as repeated serious disruption, violence and harm to the community since the first demonstration took place on 13 July.
Two men have been charged with public order offences after a protest of about 400 anti-immigration and 250 counter-protesters outside a hotel in Diss on Saturday, Norfolk constabulary said.
Police said three people were arrested during the peaceful protest, two from the anti-hotel protest group and the other from the counter-protest.
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