Protesters gather outside hotels housing asylum seekers after court ruling

Police and protesters outside the Bell Hotel after a temporary injunction that would have blocked asylum seekers from being housed at the hotel in Epping, Essex, was overturned at the Court of Appeal (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Protesters have gathered outside hotels used to house asylum seekers after the Government won a court challenge that means asylum seekers can continue to be housed at an Essex hotel.

The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several protests and counter-protests in recent weeks after an asylum seeker housed there was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl last month. He has denied the charges.