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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver and Diane Taylor

‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court ruling

Three men leaving the Bell hotel
Residents leave the Bell hotel in Essex on Wednesday. A court has ruled they must leave by 12 September. Photograph: Jack Taylor/The Guardian

An asylum seeker staying at a hotel that has been the flashpoint for anti-migrant protests has described being called a “scumbag” and treated like a criminal by local people.

Dozens of residents of Epping’s Bell hotel face an uncertain future after a court ruled on Tuesday that it cannot be used to house asylum seekers because of a breach of planning rules.

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