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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Callum Parke

Epping asylum seeker injunction ‘risks setting precedent’, Court of Appeal told

An injunction that is set to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel creates a “risk of a precedent being set”, the Court of Appeal has been told.

The Home Office and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling that will stop dozens of asylum seekers from being housed there beyond September 12.

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