Yvette Cooper will fight a High Court ruling to shut down a controversial asylum hotel in Essex that became the focus of anti-immigration protests.
The Home Secretary said yesterday the Home Office will seek to appeal against the injunction forcing migrants to be removed from the Bell Hotel in Epping.
Ms Cooper warned the asylum system would be plunged into 'chaos' if migrant hotels were forced to close as a result of 'piecemeal court decisions' by councils bringing copycat litigation.
It comes after a judge ordered the hotel to temporarily shut after Epping Forest District Council argued it was necessary for 'the safety of nearby residents' and to reduce the threat of 'violent protests'.
Meanwhile, police forces were braced for a wave of protests at hotels across the country this weekend as communities seek to replicate the results of Tuesday's High Court ruling.
