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Helen William

‘Evidence’ of asylum hotels closing will be seen in coming months, says Starmer

Protests took place over the summer centred particularly around the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex (PA) - (PA Wire)

Britons will start to see “evidence” of asylum hotel closures in the coming months, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

A wave of protests took place over the summer centred particularly around the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, after an asylum seeker who had arrived by small boat in the UK was temporarily housed and later charged, jailed and deported for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl.

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