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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Judge rules asylum seeker should be moved from Suites Hotel

A judge has ordered an asylum seeker should be relocated from a hotel where a protest led to violent scenes in February.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Knowsley hotel on February 10, this year for what police said were initially "peaceful" protests. However a Matrix van was set on fire and lit fireworks were aimed at the hotel and police as disturbances broke out.

A high court judge has now said one of the refugees should be moved from the hotel due to his deteriorating mental health triggered by the scenes. The man, who cannot be legally identified, has reportedly been diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD.

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