Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEpping Forest District Council successfully secured a High Court injunction to prevent The Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers. Mr Justice Eyre ruled in favour of the council, ordering that asylum seekers must be moved out of the hotel by 12 September. The Home Secretary's last-ditch attempt to block the injunction was dismissed by the judge, despite warnings of similar applications from other councils. The council argued that the hotel's use was a "very serious problem" and a "danger to school-age students" due to violent protests and alleged sexual assaults at the site. Somani Hotels Limited, the defendant, plans to appeal the decision, while the Home Office highlighted the acute shortage of asylum accommodation. In fullAsylum seekers to be moved out of protest-hit Epping hotel after council wins temporary banThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Asylum seekers will be moved out of protest-hit hotel after ban
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEpping Forest District Council successfully secured a High Court injunction to prevent The Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers. Mr Justice Eyre ruled in favour of the council, ordering that asylum seekers must be moved out of the hotel by 12 September. The Home Secretary's last-ditch attempt to block the injunction was dismissed by the judge, despite warnings of similar applications from other councils. The council argued that the hotel's use was a "very serious problem" and a "danger to school-age students" due to violent protests and alleged sexual assaults at the site. Somani Hotels Limited, the defendant, plans to appeal the decision, while the Home Office highlighted the acute shortage of asylum accommodation. In fullAsylum seekers to be moved out of protest-hit Epping hotel after council wins temporary banThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
