One year on, Epping residents remember the battle over The Bell Hotel: 'Schoolgirls are scared now!'

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One year on, Epping residents remember the battle over The Bell Hotel: 'Schoolgirls are scared now!'.

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One of Britain's most notorious migrant hotels finally closes its doors for good this weekend — but the closure comes after a year of turmoil for the town.The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, will no longer operate as accommodation for asylum seekers as of July 11 after the Government terminated the Home Office contract last month.It forms part of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plan to close all asylum hotels by 2029, transferring more than 20,000 foreigners to new locations — namely disused military barracks.The Bell Hotel garnered national attention 12 months ago, when hundreds of people gathered for weekly protests objecting to the site's use of housing for predominantly fighting age foreign men.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say One of these occupants was Hadush Kebatu, the Ethiopian national who ventured into the Epping town centre last July, just eight days after arriving in Britain, and sexually assaulted a woman and 14-year-old schoolgirl, which ignited mass protests throughout...

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