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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhiannon James

Interim High Court injunction lodged by council in bid to stop asylum hotel

Protesters outside the Bell Hotel in Epping in July (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

An Essex council has applied for an interim High Court injunction in a bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at a local hotel.

Documents relating to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said in a statement.

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