4 h. ago Government ‘does not have a plan’ to accommodate asylum seekers – council leader

Chris Whitbread was speaking after Epping Forest council was granted an injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed at a local hotel.

Politics

4 h. ago UK fails to stop removal of asylum seekers from Essex hotel at centre of immigration debate

Local authority injunction ruling may lead to more councils seeking to shut down hotels that house migrants

Events

4 h. ago ‘A victory for mums and dads’ as asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch hits out at Labour for ‘putting young male illegal immigrants’ in towns

Events

5 h. ago Asylum seekers blocked from hotel after massive protests erupt

Epping Forest Council has won its battle to stop migrants being housed at the Bell Hotel after violent protests left eight cops injured.

Events

5 h. ago Epping migrant hotel is set to CLOSE as council wins legal battle following weeks of anarchy after resident was charged with sexual assault

Council leaders won the first stage of their battle close the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on planning permission grounds after it became an epicentre of anti-immigration protests.

Events

5 h. ago Asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Events

6 h. ago Epping migrant hotel set to CLOSE after council wins legal battle for temporary injunction, despite Home Office claiming it would breach asylum seekers' human rights

Council leaders won the first stage of their battle close the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on planning permission grounds after it became an epicentre of anti-immigration protests.

Events

6 h. ago Epping council wins High Court fight to evict asylum seekers from hotel as judge grants bombshell injunction

Asylum seekers will be moved from the Bell Hotel within 28 days thanks to the High Court order

Events

6 h. ago Epping Bell Hotel blocked from housing asylum seekers after protests erupt

Epping Forest District Council has been succesful in blocking migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping following a series of violent protests which left at least eight officers injured

Events

6 h. ago Asylum seekers set to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

Events

7 h. ago Epping migrant hotel court battle takes dramatic twist as Home Secretary makes last

High Court hears an injunction would have a ‘substantial impact’ on the Home Secretary’s statutory duty to house asylum seekers

Events

8 h. ago Home secretary intervenes to try to halt bid to ban asylum seekers at protest

Yvette Cooper is attempting to ‘derail’ court process, council tells High Court judge

Events

13 h. ago Second arrest after protest outside former hotel housing asylum seekers

Police Scotland have confirmed a second arrest following Saturday’s protest.

Events

14 h. ago New asylum seeker dispersal centre in market town to house up to 35 people

The local MP said speculation about the centre had caused 'confusion and alarm' within the community

Events

29 h. ago Waitrose worker admits taking part in 'violent disorder' outside Epping migrant hotel and is told he now faces jail

Dean Smith was one of several men to have appeared in court charged with violent disorder following protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Events

43 h. ago The migrant hotel flashpoint in the heart of London's banking district: How Canary Wharf has become an asylum seeker 'dumping ground' with 'terrified' locals scared to leave homes

The decision to house hundreds of illegal migrants in the heart of East London's banking district has prompted a furious reaction from locals.

Events

51 h. ago Police make six arrests at protest outside London hotel housing asylum seekers

Police make six arrests at protest outside London hotel housing asylum seekers  The Independent

Events

57 h. ago Furious council discovers hundreds of hidden asylum seekers have been shipped into city despite telling Home Office it had no more room for them

Portsmouth City Council found that 55 private rental properties were being used to house a minimum of three asylum seekers each last week.

Society

2 d. ago Robert Jenrick blasts Radio 4 radical over social media slur claiming actress Sydney Sweeney was 'backing the eugenics movement' by mentioning her 'great jeans' in advert

The Radio 4 guest who branded a senior Tory 'xenophobic' for comments about asylum-seekers has also accused actress Sydney Sweeney of 'flirting' with the Nazis' theories of eugenics.

Politics

3 d. ago Man arrested during demonstrations outside hotel used to house asylum seekers in Falkirk

Officers from Police Scotland confirmed a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with an alleged breach of a cordon line.

Events