US EditionAsylum seekers face being removed from Epping hotel after council granted High Court injunction
The injunction follows violent protests and assaults linked to some asylum seekers, with the hotel owner ordered to cease housing them within 28 days, the council said.
- A High Court judge ordered on August 19 that the Bell Hotel in Epping be cleared of asylum seekers within 28 days.
- In response to community unrest, Epping Forest District Council sought the injunction over `unprecedented levels of protest and disruption` after protests at the Bell Hotel in Epping related to an asylum seeker's sexual assault charge.
- Before judgment, barristers for the Home Office requested to intervene citing the 'substantial impact' on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, but Mr Justice Eyre dismissed their involvement as 'not necessary'.
- Somani Hotels Limited could still appeal the ruling, but evictions and rehousing of current occupants are expected to proceed, with a further hearing on permanence scheduled.
- The decision positions councils to seek comparable orders, which could open the floodgates for similar applications nationwide to remove asylum seekers from hotels, critics warn.
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Belfast TelegraphHow people in Epping reacted to closure of migrant hotel
Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary High Court injunction on Tuesday blocking asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel.
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