US EditionSenior judges prepare to rule on whether to overturn asylum seeker hotel injunction
The Home Office argues that banning asylum seekers at the hotel could prompt disorderly protests elsewhere and disrupt national asylum housing policies, affecting 138 residents.
- On Thursday, Somani Hotels Ltd and the Home Office went to the Court of Appeal to seek permission to overturn a ban on asylum placements at The Bell Hotel.
- After violent protests, Epping Forest District Council won a temporary ban following 28 arrests and a trial last month of Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu at The Bell Hotel, Epping, UK.
- Edward Brown KC told the Court of Appeal that the injunction `substantially interferes` with the national public interest, while the home secretary said it `essentially incentivises` councils to seek legal action; the Home Office warned it risks spurring further protests.
- If the injunction stands, 138 asylum seekers will be barred from living at The Bell Hotel beyond September 12, and The Home Office cautions this ban could disrupt government asylum policy if other councils seek similar vetoes.
- The latest Home Office data, published last week, shows 32,059 asylum seekers in UK hotels by the end of June, up from 29,585 a year earlier and slightly lower than 32,345 at the end of March.
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Asylum seekers can stay in hotel after injunction overturned in bombshell ruling
Asylum seekers can continue to be housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping after Court of Appeal judges overturned a temporary injunction that would have forced migrants to leave the hotel
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Minister: Disorderly discharge from asylum hotels could put migrants on streets
Somani Hotels – which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping – and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling. Closing all asylum hotels immediately could lead to migrants living “destitute in the streets”, a minister has warned, ahead of a court ruling on the Bell Hotel in Epping. Three senior judges will rule on Friday on whether to overturn a temporary injunction which is set to block asylum seekers from being housed there. The Home …
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