The Bell Hotel in Epping, just outside of London, gets no new bookings, yet is full every night. That’s because, since 2020, it has been used by the government to help house the thousands of asylum seekers who arrive each year on England’s southern coast and become trapped in administrative limbo.

Dozens of demonstrations and counter-protests to take place as tensions mount - Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action

STUDENT accommodation, colleges and disused tower blocks may replace migrant hotels as councils continue to revolt. The move is part of Labour’s pledge to stop using hotels to house

The High Court judgment that temporarily prohibits the Bell Hotel, in Epping, from accommodating asylum seekers could sound the death knell for the widespread use of hotels and B&Bs to house the vulnerable.

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

AROUND 30 migrant hotels are bracing for a wave of protests as campaigners are bolstered by this week’s landmark ruling. Unhappy residents are trying to push through a similar move to that

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hailed the High Court decision in Epping as a ‘victory’ and said he hoped it ‘provides inspiration to others across the country’, while the shadow home secretary argued that residents have ‘every right to object’ to people being housed in their area.

Khadar Mohamed revealed that the residents living inside the Epping asylum hotel were 'living in pain and fear' every time protests were held outside the Bell Hotel