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Lee Anderson has set out a three-point plan to put a stop to the arrival of small boats on the south coast of England. The Reform UK chief whip has spoken out after it emerged that another asylum seeker living in the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, has been charged with sexual assault.

Mr Anderson wrote on X: "Remove these savages. 1. Empty the hotels. 2. Place them in large detention camps. 3. Deport them." He added: "No legal aid, no asylum claims, no freedom on our shores. Just get rid." His firm stance comes after Syrian Mohammed Sharwarq, who was living in the Bell Hotel, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, and four counts of assault by beating.

The 32-year-old is accused of kissing a man on the neck on July 25, which he denies. However, he admitted two further charges of assaulting the same alleged victim on July 25 and August 12 in Epping, and a charge of assault by beating of him between July 27 and August 11.

Sharwarq also admitted three charges of assaulting Anthony Dias, Mohammed Sabeeludin and Mohammed Abdo Ali by beating them in Epping on August 12.

Sharwarq was remanded in custody by District Judge Lynette Woodrow and will stand trial on the sex assault charge at the same court on September 30.

The court heard Sharwarq was already on police bail after an allegation of affray at another asylum hotel in Gloucestershire, and had been given a caution for criminal damage on Augaust 1. His police bail conditions mean he must not enter the county.

Sharwarq's charges make him the second resident of the Bell Hotel to have allegedly assaulted someone. An Ethiopian asylum seeker living at site was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl by trying to kiss her days after arriving Britain in a small boat on June 29.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is charged with three counts of sexual assault, one count of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity, and one count of harassment without violence.

He was remanded in custody by Chelmsford magistrates in July after he denied all the charges, and is due to stand trial at the same court on August 26 and 27.