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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

Home Office argues Essex migrant hotel protests driven by 'wider grievances' in court fight

Protests outside migrant hotels are being “driven by a range of grievances, including animosity towards asylum seekers", the Home Office has argued as it seeks to overturn an injunction that would see immigrants moved out of a hotel in Essex.

The Government and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling issued last week that will stop more than 100 people from being housed there beyond September 12.

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