Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots

An Epping councillor has said tensions are reaching “boiling point” in the community amid ongoing anti-migrant protests over a hotel housing asylum seekers in the Essex town.

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The head of the Police Federation, Tiff Lynch, said officers were likely to be taken away from neighbourhood duties

The father of a young girl who was allegedly targeted by an Ethiopian asylum seeker in Epping blamed the government for putting “children and grandchildren at risk” as a heavy police presence gathered in the town,

Protesters gathered outside the four-star hotel over the past few days to voice their concerns at the reported decision to house migrants at the Canary Wharf venue.

A council has unanimously voted to urge the Government to close a hotel housing asylum seekers following a series of protests around the site in Essex.

Tensions have escalated in the Essex commuter town of Epping as residents continue demonstrating against an asylum hotel that has housed migrants for several years. Local mother Lindsey Thompson emerged as a prominent voice during recent protests,