Migrants must be removed from an asylum hotel in Epping because "large-scale protests are disrupting local life", Essex's Police & Crime Commissioner has said.

Writing to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Roger Hirst described the use of the hotel in Epping as “unsuitable” for housing migrants and warned that the presence of asylum seekers was “clearly creating community tension”.

Hirst's letter comes as Essex Police prepares for another night of disorder in the leafy corner of the country.

The force had already confirmed that 16 arrests have been made in connection with the disorder near the hotel.

In his letter, Hirst said: “[I am] requesting a meeting to discuss the ongoing use of hotels in the Epping Forest district of Essex, and elsewhere in the county, to accommodate newly-arrived asylum seekers.

“Specifically, I am seeking to highlight the unsuitability of the hotel in Epping for this purpose, and request that its use be reviewed.

"The presence of asylum seeker accommodation in this district is clearly creating community tension.

"These large-scale protests are disrupting local life and placing an unwelcome burden on Essex Police resources."

There had been speculation that migrants were set to relocate from Epping to Canary Wharf.

However, GB News understands that the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf has been taken over in case of any need for an "overflow hotel" for migrants at Manston Airport.

In an update earlier this week, the Home Office confirmed that no asylum seekers have been removed from the hotel in Epping.