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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

The Guardian - UK

Epping council wins High Court fight to evict asylum seekers from hotel as judge grants bombshell injunction

Asylum seekers will be moved from the Bell Hotel within 28 days thanks to the High Court order

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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Men in court charged with violent disorder after protests outside migrant hotel

Protests began after a migrant who was housed at the property was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

Evening Standard

Man accused of punching police car amongst those in court over Epping migrant hotel violence

A series of separate hearings took place at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Council faces wait for ruling on asylum seekers hotel injunction bid

Epping Forest District Council filed a bid for a temporary injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Housing asylum seekers in Essex hotel causing ‘very serious problem’, court told

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Evening Standard

Epping asylum seeker hotel 'feeding ground for violent unrest', says council in High Court bid to shut it down

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of violent protests over its housing of asylum seekers

Evening Standard

Epping asylum seeker hotel has become ‘feeding ground for unrest’, says council seeking ban

Epping Forest District Council has applied for High Court injunction in bid to stop The Bell hotel housing asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Council’s bid to block hotel housing asylum seekers to be heard on Friday

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Evening Standard

A new way of thinking about empathy could cool Britain’s migration rows

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

The Conversation

Migrant residing at Epping asylum seeker hotel is charged with sexual assault

The 32-year-old Syrian has been charged with sexual assault, two counts of common assault and four of assault by beating.

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest-hit Epping hotel

Mohammed Sharwarq has been charged with seven offences and has been remanded into custody

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Evening Standard

Another migrant living at controversial Epping asylum hotel charged with sexual assault

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of a series of anti-migrant protests

The Independent UK

Interim High Court injunction lodged by council in bid to stop asylum hotel

Documents in relation to the Bell Hotel in Epping were lodged with the High Court in London on Tuesday, Epping Forest District Council said.

Evening Standard

Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

Radio France Internationale

Anti-migrant unrest erupts despite UK's tightening of migration policy

Protests over asylum seeker accommodation have intensified in England, coinciding with the launch of a new UK-France deal to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

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The Independent UK

Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest-hit Epping hotel

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

Evening Standard

Badenoch suggests migrants held in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned that some communities ‘don’t feel safe’ during a visit to Epping in Essex.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch suggests 'camps' to house asylum seekers instead of hotels in visit to Epping

The Tory leader met anti-migrant protesters in Epping as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000

Evening Standard

Epping residents divided over Kemi Badenoch visit

The town has been the focal point of demonstrations and counter-protests over migrants.

The Conversation

As protesters and politicians call for the closure of asylum hotels, what are the alternatives?

Anti-migration protesters and counterprotesters have clashed in recent weeks outside of hotels housing asylum seekers. While the protests have not reached the violent scale of the riots in summer 2024, a number of people have been arrested on charges related to violent disorder. Councillors in Epping have called for the…

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How the far right is being allowed to shape the immigration debate in the UK

In today’s newsletter: On pavements outside hotels, in viral social media posts, and through a volatile mix of misinformation and local tensions, a dangerous movement is gathering momentum

Evening Standard

Two more men charged over Epping migrant hotel disorder

Nine others have already been charged by the CPS.

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