Labour councillors compare migrant hotel protesters to Nazis and urge locals to reject 'right-wing extremists'

However, demonstrators have already started gathering in Canary Wharf amid speculation that the local Britannia International Hotel will house small boat migrants.

GB News understands that the four-star hotel has been taken over by the Home Office due to fears of an "overflow" at other locations.

In its statement, Tower Hamlets Labour Group said: "The East End has a long history of providing a safe haven for those fleeing religious and political persecution.

"As Labour councillors, we are proud of that history and believe Tower Hamlets should continue to play its part.

"Those claiming asylum in the UK have a right to have their case properly considered, and they must of course be accommodated while it is being decided.

"Most importantly, they should never be subject to this kind of abuse and threats of violence we have seen on the streets of Epping in the past week.

"We are appalled that some right-wing extremists are seeking to use this moment to stir up racial hatred against refugees and other migrants too, and we stand with the overwhelming majority of decent people here in Tower Hamlets who will reject their divisive politics, just as our borough rejected Mosley's Black Shirts in the 1930s and the BNP in the 1990s."

The statement comes after protesters started gathering outside a migrant hotel in a leafy corner of Essex on July 13.

Demonstrators continued to assemble outside the asylum hotel following reports that a man living in the hotel had been charged with sexual assault, harassment and inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity.

Hadush Kebatu, 41, from Ethiopia, denied the offences and was remanded in custody following a hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on July 17.

Essex Police has said that 10 people have been arrested in connection with demonstrations outside the Epping hotel.

Following the latest wave of demonstrations, Sir Keir Starmer warned his Cabinet colleagues that another set of summer riots remains possible.

The Prime Minister, who has already condemned the "clearly unacceptable" violence at the protests, told his top team of Labour MPs that it is essential to repair the "social fabric" or risk another summer of anti-immigration riots.

Meanwhile, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch blamed Labour for the strains on social cohesion.

She said: “Angela Rayner is saying the social fabric is fraying, but she needs to do something about it."

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for Essex Police's chief constable Ben-Julian Harrington to resign after footage appeared to show officers escorting counter-demonstrators to the Epping migrant hotel.

When asked at a press conference about calls for his resignation, Harrington said: "The issue is not about my resignation. It is about the people of Epping.

"It is not for Essex Police to make a judgement about asylum or immigration policy. That is for Government.

"It is for Essex Police and the police more generally to make sure that people can go about their rights and business lawfully."

In a separate warning, Farage also warned that Britain was close to “civil disobedience on a vast scale”.

He also blamed “bad eggs” for acts of violence outside the Epping migrant hotel.

Despite branding some of the protesters “far-right thugs”, Farage said that most were “genuinely concerned families”.

“I don’t think anybody in London even understands just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country,” the Clacton MP added on Monday.