Protestors hold a banner reading "Don't let the far right divide us with their hatred and violence: unite" as they march from Epping station towards The Bell Hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers, in Epping, northest of London, on July 27, 2025 to protest against the anti-immigrant demonstrations.

The government will be breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon.

The Court of Appeal has ruled in its favour by overturning the High Court’s temporary injunction on Epping’s Bell Hotel which was meant to stop accommodating asylum seekers.

After weeks of local protesters – reportedly orchestrated in part by the far-right – calling for the immigrants to be turfed out amid fears of a spike in crime, Epping Forest District Council took sudden legal action.

They claimed that using the building for this purpose was against planning laws.

The High Court backed the local authority and declared all asylum seekers would have to be removed from the hotel by September 12.

But Labour – and the Bell Hotel’s owners, Somani Hotels – argued that kicking out the asylum seekers without a plan went against the Home Office’s statutory duty to the immigrants.

And the Court of Appeal’s judges agreed.

Lord Justice Bean said the home secretary is legally expected – by parliament – to make sure asylum seekers do not sleep on the streets.

He also warned that allowing the injunction to remain would incentivise further protests.

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