47 h. ago Labour plan to house asylum seekers in military barracks 'will cost more than controversial migrant hotels'

Sir Keir Starmer made another dramatic U-turn this week as his government pivoted towards using these facilities in a bid to close down controversial asylum seeker hotels.

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59 h. ago Daughter who 'tried to storm Canary Wharf migrant hotel with a meat cleaver after she found asylum seeker in her blind mother's flat' pleads guilty to affray

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who are said to have tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on the evening of August 13.

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6 d. ago Drunk Somali migrant hotel asylum seeker who spat at police officer avoids punishment

Shafi Momad, 30, was living at the Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset when police were called to a disturbance which had seen the migrant in a 'very angry' state.

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7 d. ago 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in ONE DAY in fresh humiliation for Keir Starmer

The figure is the biggest daily total since May, in which more than 1,195 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day.

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8 d. ago Labour set to close all asylum seeker hotels in bid to appear tougher on immigration with migrants to be moved to military barracks

The Labour Government is set to close down migrant hotels and house residents in former military barracks in a fresh bid to take control of the small boats crisis. 

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9 d. ago One of Britain's biggest asylum hotels is emptied of migrants

For years the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel, near Heathrow, has housed hundreds of asylum seekers. But the sprawling 465-room venue, has had all of its foreign guests removed

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1 week ago Epping asylum hotel resident guilty of sex assaults that sparked anti

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu ‘s arrest sparked mass anti-migrant protests and counter-demonstrations that spread across the UK

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1 week ago Afghanistan's former health minister who fled Taliban after standing up for women's rights has UK asylum bid rejected while staying at migrant hotel

Feroz Ferozuddin, who has been recognised internationally for his work as a trauma surgeon, fled his homeland for fear of being tortured by the militant group in 2021.

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1 week ago Migrants could be moved into warehouses when asylum hotels close, Yvette Cooper suggests

Labour have committed to ending the use of asylum hotels by 2029

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1 week ago ‘Radical’ reforms on asylum laws announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

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1 week ago Keir Starmer: I want to speed up closing down migrant hotels

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

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1 week ago Voices: Yvette Cooper’s plans to fix the asylum system won’t work

After a summer of spiralling migrant numbers and protests outside asylum hotels, the home secretary has returned to the Commons with tougher new restrictions – but Labour looks like it’s playing catch-up to Reform, says Emily Sheffield

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1 week ago Voices: Yvette Cooper’s raft of ideas to fix the asylum system don’t hold water

After a summer of spiralling migrant numbers and protests outside asylum hotels, the home secretary has returned to the Commons with tougher new restrictions – but Labour looks like it’s playing catch-up to Reform, says Emily Sheffield

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1 week ago Labour in ‘complete denial’ over asylum crisis as Cooper unveils crackdown on refugee reunions

Another round of protests took place over the weekend against the housing of asylum seekers in The Bell Hotel in Epping

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1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Cooper to unveil crackdown on asylum system after Epping ruling sparks fresh protests

Another round of protests took place over the weekend against the housing of asylum seekers in The Bell Hotel in Epping

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1 week ago Canary Wharf carnage: Pepper spray fired inside shopping centre as police clash with masked anti

Several people, including at least one child, are pepper sprayed as anti-migrant hotel protest descends into chaos

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1 week ago Canary Wharf carnage: Police fire pepper spray inside shopping centre in clash with masked anti

Several people, including at least one child, are pepper sprayed as anti-migrant hotel protest descends into chaos

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2 w. ago Epping hotel protest leads to arrests after asylum ruling overturned

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

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2 w. ago Asylum hotels must still be emptied – but in an orderly fashion

Editorial: Accommodating those who must wait for the Home Office to work through a backlog of claims will inevitably risk unpopularity. But now the government has won its appeal against the closure of one protest-hit Epping hotel, Yvette Cooper must be allowed to proceed with phasing out their widespread use by the end of the parliament

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2 w. ago Fury as judges overturn High Court order to clear asylum seekers from Epping's Bell Hotel

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

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