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Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades

Social media posts have attached significance to a contract which is just replacing an old facility.

Evening Standard

Children ‘detained’ under Starmer’s one-in one-out migrant swap deal with France

Exclusive: Two boys, believed to be 17 years old, have been released from detention after concerns were raised

The Independent UK

Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

Ministers claimed about 200 have been closed since the peak under the previous government – but most of this fall took place under the Conservatives.

Evening Standard

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Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

The Government will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and then further appeal against the ruling.

Evening Standard

Landmark Epping asylum hotel court ruling to be appealed in bid to stop migrants being moved

The move comes after the High Court granted Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction over the Bell Hotel

Evening Standard

UK Government to appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling

THE Home Office will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum seekers…

The National (Scotland)

Government to appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling – minister

The move comes after the High Court granted Epping Forest District Council a temporary injunction on Tuesday.

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Interactive map reveals how many asylum seekers are being housed in hotels across London

New figures reveal the number of asylum seekers in London hotels in June

Evening Standard

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats

Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls

The Guardian - UK

Asylum applications hit new record high while backlog drops, figures show

Home Office data reveals 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025.

Evening Standard

Britain’s migration crisis: What the latest numbers really show

Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Epping asylum hotel numbers rose from 28 to 199 in three months

The Government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation, which can include hotels, to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.

Evening Standard

Epping asylum hotel numbers grew by 611% between March and June

Epping Forest District Council went from housing 28 asylum seekers to 199 in three months

The Independent UK

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

A controversial ruling on Epping’s protest-hit hotel may pave the way for other councils

The Independent UK

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International Business Times

UK Sees Record Asylum Claims As Row Brews Over Housing

Britain is grappling with its highest-ever number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as a political storm brews over the temporary housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.

The Guardian - UK

Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels up 8% in a year, Home Office data shows

Rise comes despite applications being processed much faster than two years ago as backlog falls below 100,000 for first time since 2021

Evening Standard

More than 32,000 migrants living in hotels as Home Office reveals £4.76 billion asylum bill

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels was up 8% at the end of Labour's first year in Government

Evening Standard

Asylum hotel numbers up 8% on last year under Labour, Home Office figures show

The Government has pledged to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.

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The Guardian - UK

‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court ruling

Hardening public attitudes and far-right aggression have left Bell hotel’s inhabitants fearful despite hopes of integrating

The Guardian - UK

I’m a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal?

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political target, says film-maker Ayman Alhussein

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Where will Labour house asylum seekers now councils can use planning law to close hotels?

In today’s newsletter: The shift from council-run accommodation to hotel contracts risks collapsing under political and legal pressure

The Independent UK

Badenoch urges Tory councils to challenge asylum hotels in court

Epping secured a temporary injunction blocking the use of the Essex town’s Bell Hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers on planning grounds.

The Guardian - UK

Labour-run councils consider legal challenges to asylum hotels

Injunction to remove people from Essex hotel leads to government considering other housing options

The Independent UK

Is Labour really failing on immigration and asylum hotels?

Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

International Business Times UK

Is the UK One Step Closer To Shutting Down Migrant Hotels? Brits Celebrate Closure of Essex Hotel

The High Court has ordered the closure of a migrant hotel in Essex, sparking celebration among locals and raising fresh questions about the future of asylum accommodation across the UK.

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