Councils Across England Vow To Take Legal Action Over Migrant Hotels

As mass unrest continues to spread across the UK, the number of councils vowing to take legal action to kick asylum seekers out of hotels has grown to at least nineteen.

It is understood that at least 30 councils are considering their options over asylum hotels after the Epping ruling

Furious protesters have gathered outside migrant hotels in towns and cities over the weekend after the Court of Appeal overturned an injunction ordering the removal of 138 migrants from m the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Kier Starmer’s Labour government is now facing accusations from senior Tories that it is ‘taking the side of migrants over Britons’.

The Mail Online reports: On Saturday, more and more councils promised to fight back against asylum hotels in light of the Court of Appeal’s decision on The Bell Hotel in Epping. 

Reform UK has said that all 12 councils it controls should be exploring legal options to stop asylum seekers being housed in local hotels.

The leader of West Northamptonshire council Mark Arnull said Friday’s ruling had made no impact on his plans to try and shut asylum seeker accommodation in the area down. 

He told the BBC: ‘It also doesn’t change our view that the use and locations of the three hotels have never been suitable for asylum accommodation and place unreasonable and unsustainable strain on local services.’

The other Reform-controlled councils include Durham, North Northamptonshire, Doncaster, Derbyshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.

nd at least four Labour-run authorities – Wirral Council, Stevenage Borough Council, Tamworth Borough Council and Rushmoor Borough Council – have also vowed to take action. 

Meanwhile Kemi Badenoch on Friday urged Conservative-run councils looking to shut down migrant hotels to ‘keep going’. 

Both Broxbourne Council in Hertfordshire and Spelthorne Council in Surrey have said there have been ‘no changes’ in their plans to fight back against the Labour government’s policies. 

And when Epping Council is also considered, that brings the total number of local authorities vowing to take action against asylum hotels to at least 19. 

Photos from today show campaigners outside hotels across the UK holding England flags and placards calling for migrants to go home. 

Counter demonstrations are also underway – with the group Stand Up To Racism calling on its supporters to rally against what it called ‘far-right and fascist thugs’. 

In Newcastle, cries of ‘send them back’ and ‘stop the boats’ were met with loud choruses of ‘no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here’ by an equal number of counter protesters.

At one point, the far-right protesters, decked out in Union Jack flags, broke into a spontaneous rendition of ‘Rule Britannia.’

Meanwhile, angry activists who descended on a Falkirk hotel were met by hundreds of counter protesters.

Two separate demonstrations were called by the Save Our Future and Our Kids Futures group in the town on Saturday, amid fears of local people about alleged crimes linked to those housed at the Cladhan Hotel.

The first saw hundreds gather outside the office of Labour MP Euan Stainbank, where speeches were made, and people took aim at the UK Government, the police and journalists who were covering the protest.

More than 200 later assembled outside the nearby Cladhan Hotel, which is believed to house asylum seekers waiting for their claims to be processed.

Meanwhile, yesterday a grinning migrant was caught on camera giving protesters outside an asylum hotel the middle finger just hours the Court of Appeal’s decision. 

The young man was seen at the window of the Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset as around 200 demonstrators called for it to be shut down.