Anti-migrant protests degenerated again late Sunday outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers, as rioters threw bottles and smoke bombs at the police.<\/p>\n
Police said they had arrested five people for “violent disorder” at the rally outside the Bell Hotel in the north-east London district of Epping.<\/p>\n
“Disappointingly we have seen yet another protest, which had begun peacefully, escalate into mindless thuggery with individuals again hurting one of our officers and damaging a police vehicle,” Chief Superintendent Simon Anslow said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Police vans guarded the entrance to the hotel as several hundred people rallied outside, according to the British news agency PA.<\/p>\n
The protestors shouted “save our children” and “send them home”, while banners called for the expulsion of “foreign criminals”.<\/p>\n
Tensions have been simmering for days after a 38-year-old asylum seeker was charged with sexual assault. He allegedly tried to kiss a 14-year-old girl, which he denied when brought to court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
On Thursday evening, eight police officers were wounded in clashes.<\/p>\n
Anti-immigration riots shook the UK last summer after three girls were stabbed to death by a teenager in the north-western town of Southport, even though the suspect turned out to be British-born.<\/p>\n
Rioters had attacked hotels housing asylum seekers in several towns, including an attempt to set fire to an establishment in Rotherham, in north-east England.<\/p>\n
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