Cheshunt protest LIVE: Chaos erupts as migrant hotel fury boils over

A planned protest outside a migrant hotel in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire erupted into chaotic scenes on Friday evening.

Brits flocked to the area in Broxbourne following the Home Office's court win in overruling the decision to close Epping's Bell Hotel to asylum seekers.

Three senior judges have ruled that Yvette Cooper's department can intervene in the case related to a temporary injunction concerning the town in Essex. Somani Hotels, which owns the property, and the Home Office sought to challenge a High Court ruling which would have prevented 138 asylum seekers from being housed there beyond September 12.

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