For the past three weeks, Epping – a market town of 11,000, north-east of London – is fast becoming as the focal area and at the very heart of Britain's simmering immigration debate.
What began with the arrest of a 38-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, accused of attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl, has spiralled into protests across England, far-right mobilization and mounting fears of wider unrest.