The Latest Breaking News from Epping

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

The 32-year-old Syrian has been charged with sexual assault, two counts of common assault and four of assault by beating.

Protests over asylum seeker accommodation have intensified in England, coinciding with the launch of a new UK-France deal to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned that some communities ‘don’t feel safe’ during a visit to Epping in Essex.

The Tory leader met anti-migrant protesters in Epping as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000

The town has been the focal point of demonstrations and counter-protests over migrants.

Anti-migration protesters and counterprotesters have clashed in recent weeks outside of hotels housing asylum seekers. While the protests have not reached the violent scale of the riots in summer 2024, a number of people have been arrested on charges related to violent disorder. Councillors in Epping have called for the…

In today’s newsletter: ​On pavements outside hotels, in viral social media posts, and through a volatile mix of misinformation​ and local tensions, a dangerous movement is gathering momentum