Asylum seekers can stay in hotel after injunction overturned
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The UK Court of Appeal overturned an injunction blocking asylum seekers from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex. Lord Justice Bean, with Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lord Justice Cobb, upheld the Home Office’s "clear statutory duties towards asylum seekers" under Article 3.

Excluding Home Secretary Yvette Cooper from prior proceedings was "erroneous," the court ruled. Epping council’s claim that Somani Hotels breached planning law failed against statutory obligations. This precedent could apply to other UK hotels housing migrants.

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