More protests held outside migrant hotels across UK as anger over crisis continues to rise
HOTELS STAND-OFF More protests held outside migrant hotels across UK as anger over crisis continues to rise
MORE protests have been held outside migrant hotels across the country yesterday as anger over the issue continues to rise.
Another demonstration was held nearby to the Brittania International Hotel in Canary Wharf, East London — which had been revealed earlier this week to be set to house asylum-seekers.
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Further protests have been held outside migrant hotels across the UK
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A man is held by cops during the demonstration by The Bell Hotel, Epping
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The two groups of protesters in Epping face off against each other
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The large group of various ethnicities held a banner saying: 'Stop calling us far right.
"Protect our women and children.'
Meanwhile, rival groups clashed outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.
Around 300 anti-migrant protesters had been kept in one fenced-off pen while around 500 in the pro-migrant group were in another, with cops between them.
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Around 500 officers from 31 forces across England and Wales attended — with three arrests reported by Essex Police, including a woman on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
It was the latest incident in Epping since Ethiopian asylum-seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accused of sexual assault.
He has denied three charges.
Elsewhere, around 250 protested near the Brook Hotel in Norwich, while more than 200 stood outside a migrant hotel in Altrincham, Gtr Manchester.
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Other gatherings over the weekend have been reported in Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Leeds.
Migrant hotel protests spread across the country with more planned today as cops clamp down on weekend of stand-offs
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A demonstration was held nearby to the Brittania International Hotel in Canary Wharf, East London
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Four in 10 sex attack charges non-Brits
Exclusive by Jack Elsom
NEARLY four in ten people charged over sex attacks in London in the last seven years are foreign nationals, police figures show.
Non-Brits are thought to be behind 2,809 out of 7,798 such crimes — 36 per cent — but make up less than a quarter of the city's population.
A further 358 charged are of unknown nationality, meaning the foreigner total may be higher. Brits accounted for 4,631 charges.
The largest cohort of foreign suspects were Romanian at 308, but Afghans are the most prolific by share of population at 89.
The Centre for Migration Control obtained figures on nationalities of those charged with sex offences since 2018.
It said: 'The spike in sexual offences against women and girls is directly attributable to our open borders.'
The Home Office said: 'We continue to deport foreign nationals who commit heinous crimes in the UK.'
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