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Is Labour really failing on immigration and asylum hotels?

Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

The Independent UK

Is the UK One Step Closer To Shutting Down Migrant Hotels? Brits Celebrate Closure of Essex Hotel

The High Court has ordered the closure of a migrant hotel in Essex, sparking celebration among locals and raising fresh questions about the future of asylum accommodation across the UK.

International Business Times UK

The £400 million asylum king who owns the Britannia Hotel and 17 other migrant hotels

The Canary Wharf Britannia Hotel is part of the chain owned by Alex Langsam, the man dubbed the ‘asylum king’

Evening Standard

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Could Scotland challenge hotels housing asylum seekers? A legal expert explains

Councils in Scotland are unlikely to block hotels housing asylum seekers in the same way as seen in Essex, a legal expert has said

The National (Scotland)

Labour braced for wave of legal action over migrant hotels as immigration crisis deepens

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Councils consider legal bids as ministers face Epping hotel ruling aftermath

Conservative and Reform UK-led authorities have said they were looking at their options to take similar action to Epping Forest District Council.

Evening Standard

Hotels, barges, military sites: where can England house people seeking asylum?

Ministers said to be considering a ‘range’ of options after hotel protests and high court ruling – but choices are limited

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How many asylum seekers are in UK hotels and why are they being housed there?

There have been protests in recent weeks outside some sites where asylum seekers are housed.

Evening Standard

Voices: So, where will we put asylum seekers now courts have backed the ‘not in my backyarders’?

COMMENT: The Epping verdict shows glaring issues with both planning consent and Nimbyism, writes Sean O’Grady. Whether economic migrants or refugees, anyone seeking asylum in the UK deserves respect and safety

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Government working on contingency plans after ruling on Epping migrant hotel

Ministers are now bracing for further legal challenges from councils across the country.

Evening Standard

UK Government strikes returns deal with Iraq in latest migration crackdown

The UK Government has agreed a new deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants as part of wider moves to limit small boat crossings

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London commuter belt town is 'following Epping's path' to shut down migrant hotel after court injunction

Conservative-run Broxbourne Council said it was taking legal advice ‘as a matter of urgency’ over a migrant hotel in Cheshunt

The Independent UK

Council leaders weigh up legal challenges to migrant hotels after Epping ruling

Broxbourne Council in Hertfordshire is the first to say it is taking legal advice after the High Court ruling on migrant hotels.

Evening Standard

Migrant returns deal struck with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boat Channel crossings

The deal will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers, the Home Office said

The Independent UK

Government signs deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants in latest bid to deter small boats

It comes after an £800,000 deal last year with Baghdad to help the country crack down on smuggling networks

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The Independent UK

Government strikes returns deal with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boats

The agreement signed during a visit to the UK by Iraq’s deputy prime minister will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

‘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

Ministers braced for further legal challenges after High Court Epping decision

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

TechRadar

UK agrees to drop its Apple encryption backdoor request – but digital rights experts aren't ready to celebrate

For now, the power to undermine encryption remains in the UK law under the Investigatory Powers Act. Digital rights experts now call for an amendment.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office intervention blocked as English council bids to stop housing refugees

THE Home Office has asked to intervene in a court case brought by an English council attempting to block asylum seekers from being housed in a local…

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers to be moved out of protest-hit Epping hotel after council wins temporary ban

Council applied for urgent injunction against use of The Bell Hotel to house asylum seekers amid violent protests at the site

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