5 h. ago Asylum seeker begs to go back to Somalia because it's 'safer than Nuneaton' as anti

Nuneaton in Warwickshire has become a hotbed of tension amid a string of anti-migrant protests following reports two Afghan asylum seekers had been arrested for sexual assault.

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10 h. ago Blame migrants, or blame the rich? That’s the populist divide in Britain’s politics now | Gaby Hinsliff

Taxing the ultra-rich may be a vote winner, but it’s just as important to shift the conversation away from Reform’s immigration doom loopThe long, hot summer of discontent is finally over. Parliament returned this week if not exactly with a rush of back to school energy, then at least with the sense that the government is now back to fill what was becoming an increasingly dangerous August vacuum.When exhausted ministers retreated to lick their wounds over the summer, Nigel Farage saw his chance and took it, filling the slow news days with encouragement of protesters over asylum seeker accommodation. He was rewarded by polling showing voters now see immigration – the terrain on which Reform UK is palpably desperate to fight an election, because it’s terrain on which Labour can never go far enough to please some supporters without horrifying half the rest – and not a broken economy as Britain’s biggest problem, an impression arguably only reinforced when the government’s first announc...

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41 h. ago Reform accused of 'whipping up anger' over asylum seeker hotels

It comes amid protests outside hotels in the UK

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48 h. ago Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia

Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prisonYvette Cooper could face legal action over the decision to keep an asylum seeker with schizophrenia in prison.The high court has ordered the home secretary to release the 25-year-old man by 8 September, and the Home Office may have to pay him damages for breaching his human rights. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago ‘It is about a balance of rights’ Education secretary on community concerns in Epping

Bridget Phillipson was repeatedly asked wether she believed the rights of asylum seekers were more important than the interests of local communities.

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2 d. ago Protesters face off outside asylum seeker hotel in Oldham for second weekend

There were around 150 people with police separating the two groups

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3 d. ago Home Office bans asylum seekers from buying luxury goods and services

Purchase of snowmobiles, timeshares and furs prohibited, despite asylum seekers receiving only £9.95 a weekAre you an asylum seeker and are you considering buying an armoured car, a snowmobile or a timeshare using your Home Office pre-paid cash card? If so, think again, for these are just some of the luxuries on a list of banned items and activities drawn up by the government.Quite how asylum seekers living in hotels who are banned from working but are provided with meals and receive £9.95 a week are expected to afford any luxuries is unclear. Similarly, those in self-catering accommodation who receive £49.18 a week may find it tricky to foot the bill for flowers (also on the list). Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex

Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’A former Labour justice secretary has warned that Reform UK will continue to rise in opinion polls unless the government moves faster to close hotels housing people seeking asylum.On Friday, the government won a court of appeal challenge against an injunction by Epping Forest district council that would have resulted in 130 asylum seekers being moved out of the Bell hotel. In recent weeks the hotel has become the focus of repeated protests, some of which have been orchestrated by far-right extremists and have turned violent. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Migrant hotel fightback: Defiant councils 'still planning to take legal action against Government' despite Home Office winning crucial Epping appeal

More than a dozen defiant councils are still planning on taking legal action against the Government despite the Home Office winning an appeal against the closure of an asylum seeker hotel in Epping. 

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3 d. ago A teenage girl stabbed to death. An asylum seeker in custody. And liberal Holland facing a political earthquake: ROBERT HARDMAN

As shock turns to a sense of furious revulsion across an entire country, there is one haunting little detail that stands out. 'I keep thinking about that red handbag,' wrote a Dutch poet last week.

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3 d. ago Epping Bell Hotel asylum seeker too scared of being 'chased' to step outside

EXCLUSIVE: Khadar Mohamed, 24, from Somalia said he feels 'persecuted' after seeking asylum in the UK in and urged protesters to keep in mind that asylum seekers are human

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3 d. 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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4 d. ago The key events that led to the Epping asylum seeker injunction being overturned

A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Epping, Essex was overturned at the Court of Appeal.

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4 d. ago Judges overturn High Court order to clear asylum seekers from Epping's Bell Hotel in bombshell ruling

Judges have overturned the High Court order to shutdown the asylum hotel after government warnings of nationwide chaos if the decision stood

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4 d. ago Epping asylum seeker hotel injunction overturned at Court of Appeal

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, challenged a temporary injunction at the Court of Appeal.

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4 d. ago Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

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4 d. ago Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge on Friday

Lord Justice Bean, Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lord Justice Cobb are due to hand down their ruling at 2pm on Friday.

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5 d. ago Epping asylum seeker injunction could spark more protests, Court of Appeal told

The Home Office and Somani Hotels is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn a temporary block on asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel.

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5 d. ago Home Office argues Essex migrant hotel protests driven by 'wider grievances' in court fight

The Government and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling that will stop more than 100 people from being housed there

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