Overview

• The Court of Appeal overturned a High Court injunction that would have forced all 138 residents to leave the Bell Hotel by 12 September.
• The three-judge panel deemed the earlier ruling "seriously flawed in principle," noting closure would shift pressure elsewhere and could incentivise further protests.
• Home Office ministers said the appeal was necessary to exit hotels in a controlled way and restated the pledge to end hotel use by the end of this Parliament.
• A substantive hearing on the planning dispute is scheduled for October as at least 13 councils prepare or continue legal moves to challenge asylum hotel use.
• Police prepared for renewed demonstrations across multiple towns; protests on Friday led to arrests, and about 32,000 asylum seekers are currently in hotels nationwide.