13 m. ago Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest

Mohammed Sharwarq has been charged with seven offences and has been remanded into custody

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19 m. ago Another migrant living at controversial Epping asylum hotel charged with sexually assaulting male ‘victim’

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of a series of anti-migrant protests

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19 m. ago Syrian asylum seeker, 32, is charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest

Mohammed Sharwarq, a Syrian national living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, faces seven charges linked to offences alleged to have been committed between July 25 and August 12.

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15 h. ago Facial recognition vans to be deployed across Britain to help police target serious criminals

The Home Office has announced 10 new Live Facial Recognition vans will be distributed across seven forces, allowing officers to use cutting-edge technology to target and locate wanted criminals

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21 h. ago Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

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23 h. ago Interim High Court injunction lodged by council in bid to stop asylum hotel

Documents in relation to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said.

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23 h. ago Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest

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

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26 h. ago Kemi Badenoch proposes housing migrants in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

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39 h. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests housing asylum seekers in 'camps' instead of hotels

Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants should be homed in 'camps' as an alternative to hotels.

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44 h. ago We spoke to the people protesting outside an asylum seeker hotel in Greater Manchester

Protesters at Cresta Court in Altrincham have been divided only by a dual carriageway

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46 h. ago Over 200 charities tell leaders to take 'strong stand' against anti

Demonstrations have been held outside hotels housing asylum seekers including the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, and in London and Newcastle. They have been met with counter-protests by anti-racism campaigners

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47 h. ago Rioters smash into asylum seeker hotel in horrific scenes as four jailed

The pair were at the forefront of the disorder in Rotherham last August following the Southport attack

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47 h. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests 'camps' to house asylum seekers instead of hotels in visit to Epping

The Tory leader spoke with anti-migrant protesters during a visit to Epping on Monday

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48 h. ago UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotelsMore than 200 refugee organisations, charities and trade unions have signed an open letter calling on Britain’s political leaders to end “pernicious and insidious currents” of racism and hatred that underpin a slew of anti-migrant protests.The letter, coordinated by the campaign coalition Together With Refugees, has been signed by organisations including Amnesty International UK, City of Sanctuary UK, Care for Calais, Doctors of the World, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Freedom from Torture, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, the Public and Commercial Services Union, Refugee Action and Safe Passage. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Brothers among four more jailed after rioting outside asylum seeker hotel

More than 100 people have now been sentenced following the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express, near Rotherham, in August 2024.

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3 d. ago Britain's drug smuggling capital: How cocaine cartels are targeting some of our most beautiful beaches... and locals know who is helping them

EXCLUSIVE: South American cocaine cartels are targeting English fishing villages in Cornwall as potential entry points into the UK drugs market, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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3 d. ago Top Tory's fears for daughters over boat migrants... After a spate of asylum

Robert Jenrick's comments follow a nationwide series of protests by angry parents outside hotels being used to house asylum seekers.

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3 d. ago I care more for my daughters' safety than the rights of foreign criminals. That's why I support every peaceful protest outside an asylum hotel, writes ROBERT JENRICK

ROBERT JENRICK: The news only seems to get worse: drug dealers, murderers and even reported spies from Iran have exploited our open borders.

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4 d. ago Statement issued after claims that asylum seekers are staying in Welsh hotel

The council said rumours about asylum seekers being housed at the hotel as 'unsubstantiated and untrue'

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4 d. ago Police investigate reports GB News reporter 'hit with placard' at asylum hotel protest

The GB News reporter was trying to speak to counter-protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers

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