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.

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7 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

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8 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

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

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

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15 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

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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

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58 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.

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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.

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4 d. ago Woman 'took meat cleaver to asylum hotel protests' after migrant enters mum's home

Thames Magistrates' Court heard that Channay Augustus came to a hotel being used to house asylum seekers armed with a meat cleaver after finding a migrant in her mum's home

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4 d. ago Housing asylum seekers in Essex hotel causing ‘very serious problem’, court told

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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4 d. ago Epping asylum seeker hotel has become ‘feeding ground for unrest’, says council seeking ban

Epping Forest District Council has applied for High Court injunction in bid to stop The Bell hotel housing asylum seekers

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4 d. ago Epping asylum seeker hotel 'feeding ground for violent unrest', says council in High Court bid to shut it down

The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of violent protests over its housing of asylum seekers

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5 d. ago Council’s bid to block hotel housing asylum seekers to be heard on Friday

Epping Forest District Council is seeking an interim injunction stopping migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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7 d. ago Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

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7 d. ago Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

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7 d. ago Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest

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

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch proposes housing migrants in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests housing asylum seekers in 'camps' instead of hotels

Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants should be homed in 'camps' as an alternative to hotels.

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8 d. ago Over 200 charities tell leaders to take 'strong stand' against anti

Demonstrations have been held outside hotels housing asylum seekers including the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, and in London and Newcastle. They have been met with counter-protests by anti-racism campaigners

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8 d. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests 'camps' to house asylum seekers instead of hotels in visit to Epping

The Tory leader spoke with anti-migrant protesters during a visit to Epping on Monday

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