asylum seekers

UK Court Rejects Bid To Remove Asylum Seekers From Epping Hotel

November 11, 2025 9:00 am

A British local authority has lost its attempt to remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Essex after a High Court judge ruled that the government’s obligation to house migrants outweighed local planning breaches.

The case, brought by Epping Forest District Council, stemmed from tensions surrounding the Bell Hotel in the town of Epping, about 20 miles north of London. The council argued that the property’s owner was violating planning laws by using the site as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers without official approval.

The council sought an injunction from London’s High Court to stop the practice, but the Home …

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UK Government Talks Real Tough On Immigration, Vents

October 6, 2022 6:57 pm

The United Kingdom government has made an open accusation about numerous asylum seekers who have been “abusing the system” and urging the need to “take back control” and they had reiterated this statement while also talking tough on immigration.

But with its latest pledge to reduce most of the crossings from northern France in small boats, they have also come with a blatant promise to defy international conventions.

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Algeria Expels Thousands Of Migrants To Niger: HRW

October 9, 2020 3:14 pm

Algerian security forces have arrested thousands of migrants and asylum seekers, cramming them onto trucks and buses before expelling them across the border in Niger, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

“Algeria is entitled to protect its borders, but not to arbitrarily detain and collectively expel migrants, including children and asylum seekers, without a trace of due process,” HRW said.

Over 3,400 migrants have been expelled in the past month, HRW said in a statement issued in Beirut.

It brings the total number expelled this year to over 16,000, the watchdog …