'Our children are not safe!' Epping's Pink Ladies descend on Westminster in fresh protest against migrant hotels

The Epping-based protesters have taken their fight to London after an asylum seeker staying at The Bell Hotel was convicted of sexual assault against a 14-year-old girl.

Ethiopian asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu, 38, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and put on the UK sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

Outlining why they have taken their protest from Epping to Westminster, Pink Lady Nina told GB News: "We are here for peaceful protest, for the refugees that are here."

Asked by Will if she believes children in Epping are "safe", Nina disagreed: "I don't believe they are. No, not at all, because we've got 130 unlisted men, no paper, living in our hotel.

"And there's a pathway that they go through to the schools. They've already obviously molested a girl, they go in the shops in Epping, they do what they want and they take all the stuff."

Stating that illegal migrants "should not be housed in hotels", the protester argued: "I don't feel that they should be here in our hotels because I pay my taxes, they're getting everything free.

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"We've got homeless people on the street, and I have been homeless myself. I've had to literally cut up a sofa once to get a £1.50 pack of sausages to feed my kids. And this is the truth, so why are they getting everything free?

"Why? I don't get anything free. I work hard and I have to pay for everything. They get vouchers and cleaners."

Delivering her verdict on Britain's migrant crisis, Susan Hall said as a "mother and grandmother", she is "concerned for the children" of this country.

Ms Hall told GB News: "I'm a Pink Lady, I'm a mother, I'm a grandmother, and I'm concerned about my children and grandchildren.

"And quite rightfully, everybody that is here is here for the right reason. They're here because of community safety, that's what they're worried about."

Speaking to another protester at the demonstration, 21-year-old Libby told GB News that she herself was approached by three illegal migrants in her area and "doesn't feel safe at all".

Libby said: "I don't feel safe at all. It's happened to me personally in Chelmsford with three men. It's not safe for women.

"We need border control here. We're an island, there's only so many people we can have here. We need our borders controlled properly."

As Will highlighted the counter-protest from Stand Up to Racism and their accusations of those against migration being "racist", Libby hit back: "Illegal immigration is totally different, they're all unvetted men, they're not adding anything to our society.

"Immigration used to be a thing where you add to society, you work, you go to school, it's not that at all here anymore. And it's not racist at all."