A police officer reacts as demonstrators hold placards and banners as they leave a protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, near London, Sunday, July 27, 2025. A hotel near London that has become the focus of heated anti-migrant protests in recent weeks will have to remove asylum-seekers who are staying there after authorities won a legal bid Tuesday to oust the migrants. Anti-racism demonstrators have also staged counterprotests outside the Bell Hotel and other sites. Philip Coppel, a lawyer for local officials in Epping, said the hotel’s housing of asylum-seekers had provided a “feeding ground for unrest” and community tension. AdvertisementA High Court judge ruled Tuesday that the hotel must stop housing asylum-seekers by Sept. 12.

Source: The Times August 20, 2025 05:41 UTC