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Asylum hotel protests latest: Fresh wave of anti-migrant demonstrations begin across UK

Fresh wave of anti-migrant demonstrations begin across UK - Two men were arrested in anti-migrant protests in Norwich ahead ...

Anti-migrant campaigners gather on day of anger over asylum seeker hotels with more than 30 protests expected across Britain on Bank Holiday weekend

Today protests are expected in towns including Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, ...

Mark Andrews: Martin Shaw's Professional regrets, the planned property tax, and where to house asylum seekers

Looks like the Bell Hotel ruling has left the Home Office in a bit of a pickle. Ministers have got three weeks to find ...

Why are British hotels at the centre of immigration protests?

Over 32,000 asylum seekers remain in UK hotels, down from 50,500 in 2023, but more than 210 sites are still in use. A British ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage pledges five deportation flights every day in asylum seeker plans

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged five deportation flights a day under plans to move asylum seekers who arrive in ...

As Epping case could bring migrant hotel use to an end – where else can asylum seekers go?

A High Court Judge ruled that asylum seekers can no longer be housed at a hotel in Epping that has been the site of multiple ...

Council leaders defy Reform UK KCC leader’s call for united approach to asylum hotels after high court decision

Council leaders have resisted calls for a county-wide approach to the fallout from a court ruling on the use of hotels to ...

Richard Madeley: Labour is holding British people in utter contempt over Bell Hotel

When the people speak, do politicians truly listen? A tale of disconnect and raw honesty unfolds, revealing the chasm between ...
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Blackpool Council should do more to stop Metropole Hotel housing asylum seekers, says councillor

Blackpool Council should take more decisive action to end the use of the Metropole Hotel to house migrants, a councillor says ...

So, where will we put asylum seekers now courts have backed the ‘not in my backyarders’?

The Epping verdict shows glaring issues with both planning consent and Nimbyism, writes Sean O’Grady. Whether economic ...

How many asylum seekers are in UK hotels and why are they being housed there?

The most recent Home Office data showed there were 32,345 asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of March. This was down 15% from the end of December, when the total was ...