A wave of protests are set to sweep the country this weekend targeting migrant hotels.

Anti-immigration campaigners are looking to ride on the back of this week’s landmark judgment that saw the High Court order the removal of migrants from a hotel in Epping, Essex.

Protests at up to 30 hotels are believed to be planned as communities seek to replicate the ruling for The Bell Hotel, which, pending an appeal, must be closed within weeks.

The hotel had been at the centre of protests after an asylum seeker living there was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl, which he denies.

Hotels in Cannock, Chichester and Tamworth are among those expected to be targeted by demonstrations, with anti-racism groups already organising counter-protests in 15 locations across the three-day Bank Holiday weekend.