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High Court ORDERS Migrants OUT of Epping Hotel -Other Councils May Also Sue
Migrants MUST Leave Epping Hotel Within 24 Days, High Court Rules
Epping migrant hotel set to close after council wins legal battle for temporary injunction
Labours CRAZY Asylum Plans in Turmoil After Court Orders Migrant Hotel Closure
MailOnline 20 AUG 2025
Asylum seekers staying at The Bell Hotel must vacate by 16:00 BST on 12 September, a High Court Judge has ruled.
Epping Forest council has been granted a temporary injunction to prevent MILLIONAIRE Somani Hotels, the owner of the Bell Hotel, from accommodating migrants through a Home Office contract.
The company is now legally required to stop housing asylum seekers at the hotel within 24 days.
Home Office warned that decision would risk being an impetus for further violent protests
More Asylum Hotels Face Legal Challenge After Court Ruling
A number of other councils across England are poised to take legal action to remove asylum seekers from hotels in their areas. It follows the High Court granting a district council a temporary injunction blocking asylum seekers from lodging at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex
It was the subject of protests after an asylum seeker living there was charged with sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl.
Border Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle said the government will continue working with local authorities and communities to address legitimate concerns
Set a Precedent
Tory run Broxbourne Council was the first local authority to declare it was seeking legal advice after the ruling as a matter of urgency about whether it could take a similar action over a hotel in Cheshunt.
Council leader Corina Gander told the BBC that Epping Forest District Council had set a precedent
The government has failed, and now local councils are standing up, she said.
Enough is Enough
Meanwhile, the leader of South Norfolk District Council, also run by the Conservatives, said the council will not go down the same route over a hotel housing asylum seekers in Diss which has been the subject of protest.
Daniel Elmer said the authority was using planning rules to ensure it was families being housed in the area rather than single adult males.
Government ministers say they are braced for other councils to follow Eppings lead.
The ruling causes immediate practical difficulties for the Home Office, which has less than a month to find alternative accommodation for the asylum seekers currently housed at the Bell Hotel.
Home Office lawyers have acknowledged that the ruling could substantially impact the governments ability to house the 32,000 asylum seekers living in 210 hotels across the UK if other councils pursue similar action to Epping Forest District Council.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the government needs to have the courage to set up and restore the Rwanda deterrent which he said would have stopped these crossings
Then we wouldnt have the problem in the first place of having to accommodate tens of thousands of DAMN ILLEGAL immigrants, Philp added.
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