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[Court rules asylum seekers can stay at Epping hotel]


[Asylum seekers can continue living at an
Essex hotel after a council lost a
landmark legal battle at the High Court to remove them.

Epping Forest District Council sought to block migrants
lodging at The Bell Hotel in Epping by arguing
its owner had flouted planning rules.
Mr Justice Mould dismissed the claim
on Tuesday, ruling an injunction was
"not an appropriate means of enforcing
planning control".
A wave of protests were staged outside
the hotel in the summer, following the
arrest of an asylum seeker living there
who was later jailed for sexual offences.
The judge said he accepted
"the criminal behaviour of a small number
of individual asylum seekers" housed
at the hotel had "raised the fear of crime"
among locals.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x1wz8jz0yo