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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

Minister: Disorderly discharge from asylum hotels could put migrants on streets

A police van outside the former Bell Hotel in Epping as people demonstrate under the Abolish Asylum System slogan. Picture date: Sunday August 24, 2025. - (PA Wire)

Closing all asylum hotels immediately could lead to migrants living “destitute in the streets”, a minister has warned, ahead of a court ruling on the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Three senior judges will rule on Friday on whether to overturn a temporary injunction which is set to block asylum seekers from being housed there.

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