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UK Protests Target Asylum Hotels as Government Appeals Epping Court Ruling

Ministers say hotel use cannot end overnight given 32,000 people in such accommodation plus a large backlog.

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Menschen im englischen Cheshunt protestieren gegen die Asylpolitik der britischen Regierung
Eine Frau steht zwei Polizisten gegenüber, sie verschränkt ihre Arme und hat ein wütendes Gesicht. Über hren Schultern hängt die Fahne Großbritanniens

Overview

  • Demonstrations spread across England, Scotland and Wales at dozens of hotel sites over the weekend, with counter-protests and several arrests reported.
  • A court ordered the Bell Hotel in Epping to stop housing asylum seekers and relocate residents by September 12, and the government says it will appeal.
  • About 32,000 asylum seekers are in roughly 200 hotels as applications reached 111,000 in the year to June and 91,000 people await decisions.
  • Local authorities in areas led by Reform UK, Conservatives and some Labour councils are considering similar legal challenges to block hotel use.
  • Political pressure intensified as Reform UK’s Nigel Farage called for mass deportations, and no transfers to France have occurred under the Starmer plan so far.