LONDON: A UK town applied for a High Court injunction on Tuesday to stop asylum seekers being housed in a local hotel, following protests, some of which turned violent. The council in Epping, northeast of London, applied for an interim injunction against the housing of of asylum seekers and refugees at the Bell Hotel, citing “the clear risk of further escalating community tensions.” “The current situation cannot go on.

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

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