US EditionFresh wave of asylum hotel protests expected after Epping ruling
Stevenage Council examines use of two hotels housing 322 asylum seekers amid concerns over planning permission breaches and local impacts, following a High Court ruling in a related case.
- Following a High Court ruling on Tuesday, a temporary injunction blocked asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel, Epping Forest District Council's inquiry prompted Stevenage Borough Council to investigate alleged planning breaches at asylum seeker hotels.
- The Home Office began using the Novotel, Stevenage in September 2022, and planning officers say its asylum seeker use amounts to a hostel, prompting warnings and enforcement threats to Fairview Hotels Ltd.
- In Stevenage, the Novotel and Ibis are housing 322 asylum seekers while more than 32,000 asylum seekers nationwide remain in hotels amid planned Stand Up To Racism protests Friday and Saturday.
- Following unrest, local authorities cite protests as councils across the country ponder legal challenges; Broxbourne Borough Council will consider options against the Delta Marriott hotel use, while MP Chris Philp said people have "every right" to protest.
- Stevenage Borough Council says it will study the Epping and Somani Hotels judgment closely to assess implications, amid Labour Party pledge to end hotel use by 2029 and fewer than 100,000 awaiting initial asylum decisions .
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Nationwide protests expected outside asylum seeker hotels
The Home Office says it will seek an appeal against a court ruling blocking the use of an Essex hotel to house asylum seekers – while dozens of anti immigration protests are planned around the UK this weekend. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said that while the Government was committed to phasing out the use of hotels, the process should be “properly managed”. Meanwhile crowds of demonstrators have been gathering outside a hotel in Cheshunt ton…
Bromley to come out once more against the fascist far right
Bromley Stand Up to Racism has called a counter-demo against another anti-migrant protest the far right is planning outside a local hotel. Bromley to stand against far right anti-migrant protests – again Far right Great British National Protest has called a protest outside TLK Apartment Hotels in Orpington for Friday 22 August. This will be the third such protest locally and follows a wave of anti-asylum protests nationally. So, Bromley Stand Up…
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