Smoke Bombs and Bottles Thrown at Police During Migrant Hotel Protest
21st July 2025
Bottles and pink smoke bombs have been hurled at police during a protest outside a migrant hotel in Essex.
On Sunday night, scores of police officers stood by in riot gear as the crowd gathered in the early evening outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, which was protected by a line of police vans and six-foot-high fencing.
The protest was the third outside the hotel in the last week following the arrest of an Ethiopian migrant who was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
On Thursday evening, eight officers were injured and police vehicles were damaged as a demonstration at the hotel spilt over into violence.
The mood of the protest on Sunday was largely peaceful at first, with several people in the crowd draped in Union flags while others carried placards, including one that read: “You are paying billions to prop up a broken asylum system! Look after our own.”
People see proglodyte protesters getting away with violence and figure that they’re entitled to the same leniency.
This is how societies disintegrate.
UPDATE: Largest Epping Migrant Hotel Demonstration to Date
UPDATE: The Epping Protests: When Frustration Turns into Anger