Asylum seekers to be removed from Epping hotel after council wins injunction

District council in Essex had cited disruption and safety concerns, as well as alleged breach of planning law

Asylum seekers are to be removed from a hotel that has attracted repeated violent far-right demonstrations after a high court judge granted a temporary injunction blocking them from being housed there.

Mr Justice Eyre granted the injunction against the owners of the Bell hotel in Epping, Essex, after hearing the local council's complaints that they had breached planning law by changing the site's use.