Migrants staying in the asylum hotel at the centre of a political storm have praised Sir Keir Starmer after a controversial ruling allowed them to remain there.
A temporary injunction which blocked asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, was dramatically overturned at the Court of Appeal on Friday after a Home Office appeal.
The decision sparked widespread anger from locals and politicians throughout Britain, but residents at the hotel have welcomed the move and even thanked those responsible.
If the injunction had not been blocked, some 138 migrants living in the hotel would have been kicked out by September 12.
Khadar Mohamed, 24, from Somalia, said he was 'delighted' with the news as they had been 'living in fear' from residents who had been protesting outside for the last month.
