10 h. ago Epping asylum seeker found guilty of sexually assaulting woman and 14

His actions sparked protests across the country

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11 h. ago Asylum seeker facing jail for sexual assaults that sparked Epping protests

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was found guilty of five offences on Thursday.

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11 h. ago Man convicted of sexual assault in case that triggered protests against migrants in Britain

An Ethiopian asylum seeker in Britain has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl

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11 h. ago Ethiopian asylum seeker, 41, is found guilty of trying to kiss schoolgirl, 14, in sexual assault that triggered huge protests outside Bell Hotel in Epping

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 41, sparked a huge anti-migrant demonstration and prompted the local council to try and shut down the town's Bell Hotel where he was a resident.

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11 h. 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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15 h. ago Police continue investigations into disorder at asylum seeker hotel protests

Multiple demonstrations have been held outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex since July 13.

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17 h. ago Home Office loses bid to delay trial of Epping asylum seeker hotel use claim

The Home Office said that Epping Forest District Council’s legal claim against Somani Hotels should be delayed by six weeks.

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26 h. ago Verdicts expected in asylum seeker hotel resident’s sexual assault trial

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu is accused of attempting to kiss a 14-year-old girl after she offered him pizza.

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34 h. ago South east London asylum seeker denies raping and sexually assaulting woman in hostel

South east London asylum seeker denies raping and sexually assaulting woman in hostel  News Shopper

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37 h. ago Iraqi asylum seeker 'raped and sexually assaulted woman' in London hostel after illegally crossing Channel on boat

Iraqi national Yousif Al-Maliki, 30, who is currently living at the Peckham Lodge Hotel has been accused of attacking a woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington.

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39 h. ago Asylum seeker denies raping woman in London hostel after arriving in the UK illegally

Yousif Al-Maliki, 31, is accused of raping and sexually assaulting the woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington on August 1

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39 h. ago Asylum seeker denies raping and sexually assaulting woman in London hostel

Asylum seeker denies raping and sexually assaulting woman in London hostel  The Independent

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40 h. ago Asylum seeker hotel protests slammed by West Lothian councillors

The protests followed the Supreme Court’s overturn of an injunction won by a council in Essex ordering a hotel to move asylum seekers out of the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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41 h. ago ECHR asylum seeker rulings 'are an existential threat to western democracies' and led to 'uncontrolled immigration'

Hans-Jürgen Papier says that the current legislation from the ECHR had led to 'uncontrolled and unconditional immigration'.

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62 h. ago GP suspended after rubbing woman’s breasts and nipple with stethoscope during thyroid exam

Dr Manish Tripathi cannot practice medicine for 10 months, pending a review

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66 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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2 d. 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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4 d. ago Reform accused of 'whipping up anger' over asylum seeker hotels

It comes amid protests outside hotels in the UK

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Woman lost 41kg on Mounjaro after London tube commute gave her motivation

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) injections have been available on the NHS since June this year, but there are strict criteria for who can be prescribed the 'miracle' weight loss drug.

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