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Asylum Evictions Ordered After Violent Protests at Essex Hotel — What Happens Next for Migrants and the Community?

The Bell Hotel became the centre of a storm last month after a resident asylum-seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

International Business Times UK · Aug 20, 2025

Asylum hotel protests latest: Dozens of protesters face off as weekend of nationwide demonstrations begins

Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Minister brands Farage ‘the very worst’ kind of politician over asylum hotel claims

Dan Jarvis said ‘the very worst’ politicians try to drive people apart

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

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How people in Epping reacted to closure of migrant hotel

Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary High Court injunction on Tuesday blocking asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

Government ‘does not have a plan’ to accommodate asylum seekers – council leader

Chris Whitbread was speaking after Epping Forest council was granted an injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed at a local hotel.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

‘A victory for mums and dads’ as asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hits out at Labour for ‘putting young male illegal immigrants’ in towns

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

Ministers braced for further legal challenges after High Court Epping decision

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the decision a ‘victory’.

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2025

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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 · Aug 19, 2025

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 · Aug 15, 2025

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 · Aug 13, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

RNLI defends small boat rescues amid anti-immigration protests

The charity defended its mission to ‘rescue anyone in trouble at sea’ following a string of anti-immigration protests across the UK

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

Inside the Essex town at the forefront of the migrant protests

Ben Lucas attended a protest in July to find out that the Epping unrest was a little more complicated

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025

Police arrest three as hundreds of protesters face off outside Epping hotel housing asylum seekers

It marked the fifth time demonstrations have occurred outside the three-star establishment after an Ethiopian resident was charged with sexual assault

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025

Protests outside hotel caused by fake rumours online

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Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Keir Starmer fears repeat of summer riots after violent clashes outside Epping asylum hotel

The Labour leader said it was vital Britain’s ‘social fabric’ was healed amid a series of protests outside taxpayer-funded hotels housing asylum seekers

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

Epping protest: No10 slams violent 'thugs' after six arrested during latest migrant hotel demonstration

Missiles were thrown at an elderly woman counter-protesting who had to be escorted away by police

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The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Protesters and police clash outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

The demonstration took place outside the Essex Hotel after a 38-year-old man was accused of sexual assault

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Epping protest: Police hunt thugs after officers injured amid violent scenes outside migrant hotel

Police vowed those responsible would ‘feel the full force of the law’ following violent clashes on Thursday night

Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

Thug buries axe in drinker's head and leaves him disabled in pub row over 'banter'

David Perry, 40, from from Wickhambrook, Suffolk, picked an argument with a group of friends having a quiet drink in the Bell Hotel in Clare last year - he has been jailed for 24 years

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