"Police officers clashed with anti-migrant protesters marching from the Bell Hotel in Essex towards Epping Forest council offices on Sunday, 31 August. Protesters could be heard chanting stop the boats and demanding entry to the council buildings. It comes after the UK government won a court challenge, which means asylum seekers can continue to be housed at the Bell Hotel."
"Police officers clashed with anti-migrant protesters marching from the Bell Hotel in Essex towards Epping Forest council offices on Sunday, 31 August. Protesters could be heard chanting stop the boats and demanding entry to the council buildings. It comes after the UK government won a court challenge, which means asylum seekers can continue to be housed at the Bell Hotel. Epping Forest District Council is set to decide on Monday whether to take its battle over the Bell Hotel to the Supreme Court."
Police officers clashed with anti-migrant protesters who marched from the Bell Hotel in Essex toward Epping Forest council offices on Sunday, 31 August. Protesters chanted stop the boats and demanded entry to council buildings. The clashes followed a UK government court victory that allows asylum seekers to remain housed at the Bell Hotel. Epping Forest District Council is scheduled to decide on Monday whether to pursue the matter to the Supreme Court. The events illustrate local tensions over temporary accommodation for asylum seekers and ongoing legal and political disputes about hotel housing arrangements.
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