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

Somani Hotels – which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping – and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

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Police confront protesters outside Epping migrant hotel as judges to rule on injunction appeal

Dozens of demonstrators marched on The Bell Hotel on Thursday evening as police formed a line outside the building

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Police warn protesters not to travel to Epping after asylum hotel ruling – as it happened

Home Office and Bell hotel owner challenged injunction granted to council that would have stopped dozens of asylum seekers being housed there

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Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

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Asylum ban at Essex hotel may incite future demonstrations, court hears

Home Office and the Bell hotel owners are challenging Epping Forest council’s injunction to stop 138 asylum seekers being housed

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Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge on Friday

Lord Justice Bean, Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lord Justice Cobb are due to hand down their ruling at 2pm on Friday.

Evening Standard

Epping asylum seeker injunction could spark more protests, Court of Appeal told

The Home Office and Somani Hotels is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn a temporary block on asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel.

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Man whose arrest sparked asylum hotel protests tells court he did not touch girls

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu denies sexually assaulting two teenagers and a woman in Epping last month

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Epping asylum hotel resident told girls he wanted to have babies with them, court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu accused of sexual assault and harassment against two 14-year-olds and another woman

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Home Office promises ‘big surge’ in asylum hotel closures in new year

Angela Eagle accuses other parties of offering ‘fag packet plans’ as ministers face mounting pressure on immigration

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Home Office to overhaul asylum appeals system as it tries to clear claims backlog

Yvette Cooper to introduce new system of ‘professional adjudicators’ to hear appeals by rejected asylum seekers

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‘A dangerous moment’: the emboldening of Britain’s far right

In a summer of anti-migrant rallies, flags and nationalistic rhetoric, observers warn there is a lack of government voices pushing back

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Members of far-right party organising asylum hotel protests across UK, Facebook posts show

Activists from Homeland party, which split from Patriotic Alternative, set up groups to spread protests beyond Epping

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Protests expected at asylum hotels across UK as tensions mount

Anti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotels

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Action to tackle number of asylum seekers coming to UK is important step to ‘restoring order’, says Cooper – as it happened

Home secretary responds to statistics showing rise in number of people housed in hotels in UK, saying Labour has overseen increased numbers of returns of asylum seekers

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

Hardening public attitudes and far-right aggression have left Bell hotel’s inhabitants fearful despite hopes of integrating

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Far-right anger over asylum hotels is destroying the very idea of refuge – and that’s probably the goal

The court ruling on the Bell hotel does not just legitimise anti-immigrant sentiment; it also risks erasing a whole category of people, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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More councils in England plan to challenge asylum hotels after Essex ruling

Broxbourne council leader hopes to ‘go down same path’ as Epping, which has blocked people being housed in hotel

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Government’s deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants will ‘deter small boat arrivals’, says Starmer – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘strengthened partnership with Iraq will secure our borders’ as more councils in England plan to challenge asylum hotels

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High court asylum hotels ruling leaves Cooper scrambling for alternatives

Yvette Cooper joins a long line of home secretaries who have promised to find alternatives to hotels

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Labour plans in turmoil after Epping hotel blocked from housing asylum seekers

Other local leaders expected to mount challenges as a result of council in Essex winning injunction following protests

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Labour condemns Robert Jenrick’s visit to rally attended by far-right activist

Shadow minister posts picture of himself at protest outside Essex hotel that has become anti-immigration flashpoint

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Judge urged to shut down hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping

Council applies for urgent injunction against owners of Bell hotel amid concerns of violence and disorder

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Hundreds gather again at Essex asylum hotel in weekend of anti-immigrant protests

Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London

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