Anti-migrant protests continue at Epping hotel

Shivani ChaudhariBBC Information, EssexPA MediaProtests started at The Bell Lodge in Epping, which is getting used to deal with asylum seekers, on 13 JulyHundreds of protesters have gathered exterior a resort housing asylum seekers in Essex.About 300 anti-migrant protesters are on the The Bell Lodge, Epping, in accordance with BBC journalist James Bryant.Some are waving St George’s flags whereas others have banners and indicators with slogans together with: “Shield our youngsters”.Protests, together with some violent clashes, started on the resort on 13 July after a person residing there was arrested and subsequently charged with sexual assault, harassment and inciting a lady to interact in sexual exercise.PA MediaProtesters have gathered on the resort with banners and St George’s flags Hadush Kebatu, 41, from Ethiopia, has denied the offences and is in custody.Police say 2,000 pro-immigration counter-protesters have been making their approach to the resort from the city’s station to a pen near the anti-migrant protest.Some are chanting “Say it loud, say it clear – refugees are welcome right here”, and holding posters, banners and placards with slogans together with “Unity is power” and “Stand as much as racism”.They’ve been surrounded by law enforcement officials who’re protecting the 2 teams other than one another.In the meantime, a few of the anti-migrant protesters have been singing alongside to patriotic music, together with Rule, Britannia!.PA MediaSome protesters have been singing alongside to patriotic music exterior the resort Simon Dedman, a BBC reporter on the scene, stated Reform UK district councillor Jaymey McIvor was among the many crowd, and a Reform UK flag could possibly be seen among the many union jacks and St George’s flags being waved.One man has been pinned to the bottom by the police and put in a police van close to the anti-racism protests.ReutersAbout 2,000 pro-immigration counter-protesters are on the sceneAs properly as Essex Police, officers from the Metropolitan, Durham, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, West Midlands, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Cheshire, Dyfed-Powys and Hampshire forces are on the scene.Simon Dedman/BBCThe pro-immigration protesters made their manner from the city’s railway station to an space near the hotelSimon Dedman/BBCThe county power has put a dispersal order in place from 12:00 BST on Sunday to 08:00 on Monday, masking the city centre, transport hubs and networks.This offers police the ability to direct anybody suspected of committing anti-social behaviour, or planning to take action, to depart the world or face arrest.Ten folks have been charged with offences in relation to this month’s dysfunction within the city, with defendants attributable to seem at Chelmsford Crown Courtroom on 18 August.On Saturday, about 400 anti-immigration protesters and 150 counter-protesters gathered for an illustration exterior a resort within the Norwich space. Police stated no arrests had been made there.