US EditionMore asylum hotels face legal challenge after court ruling
- On 12 September 2025, a High Court judge issued a temporary order preventing The Bell Hotel in Essex from being used to accommodate asylum seekers, following a legal challenge supported by the local council.
- The council successfully argued the hotel posed safety risks and breached planning laws amid protests that sometimes became violent and led to arrests.
- About 210 hotels currently house around 32,000 asylum seekers at a daily cost of approximately £5 million, while other councils prepare similar legal challenges.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said people are "furious" about hotel use and called for immediate deportations and alternative sites like military bases.
- The ruling heightens demands on the government to identify alternative housing solutions amid continued small boat arrivals and concerns that the decision could intensify protests and political unrest.
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Court ruling complicates UK government’s efforts to house asylum seekers
LONDON (AP) — The dilemma of how to house asylum seekers in Britain got more challenging for the government after a landmark court ruling this week motivated opponents to fight hotels used as accommodation. Politicians on the right capitalized on a temporary injunction that blocked housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, on the outskirts of London, to encourage other communities to also go to court. The issue is at the heart of a heated pub…
Allister quizzes Causeway Coast & Glens Council on 'migrant hotels' following Essex High Court ruling
North Antrim MP Jim Allister has written to Causeway Coast and Glens Council to ask how the local authority is to deal with ‘migrant hotels’ in the Borough in light of a recent High Court ruling in Essex.
Epping asylum hotel numbers rose from 28 to 199 in three months
The Government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation, which can include hotels, to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. A council at the centre of a legal case to block a hotel from housing asylum seekers was among the top 10 UK local authorities which saw the biggest rise in numbers staying in this kind of accommodation in recent months. Epping Forest District Council in Essex went from housing 28 asylum seekers in hotels …
UK Interior Ministry Reports Rise in Asylum Seekers Housed in Hotels - teleSUR English
More than 32,000 migrants stayed in temporary hotel accommodations in the past year. On Thursday, Britain’s Home Office released a report showing that more than 32,000 asylum seekers were temporarily housed in hotels across the United Kingdom in the 12 months to June 30, an 8% increase compared with the same period the previous year. RELATED: Britain’s Unemployment Hits 4-Year High Amid U.S. Trade War The report specified that 32,059 migrants li…
France is in denial about its migrant hotels
The High Court victory of Epping Forest District Council has made news in France. The decision to temporarily block migrants from being housed in The Bell Hotel was covered by newspapers such as Le Monde and Le Figaro. The latter provided some context to the growing tension in England, noting that the migrants in Epping
GMB 'bullying' row as fans blast Adil Ray for asylum grilling of Schools Minister: 'Wrong person!'
Presenter Adil Ray has come under fire over a Good Morning Britain interview on Thursday's show, with some viewers "switching off" over the discussion.The ITV host was speaking to Minister of School Standards Catherine McKinnell, who joined the programme to talk about GCSE results. However, she was instead quizzed about the Epping Council decision on asylum seekers.Mr Ray raised the subject after a High Court judge ordered the removal of asylum …
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