The Home Office will pursue legal action to keep the Bell Hotel open to house asylum seekers. Ministers will appeal a High Court decision that denied Yvette Cooper permission to intervene. Labour states it wants to close hotels used for asylum accommodation while Security Minister Dan Jarvis defends the decision. Dozens of local councils across England are seeking legal advice to challenge placements of small-boat migrants in hotels. Reform UK and Nigel Farage say 12 local authorities will seek legal routes to remove asylum seekers from hotels, and some council leaders have instructed teams to prepare legal defenses. The Conservative shadow home secretary called for immediate deportation of illegal arrivals.
Ministers said on Friday they are going to appeal the High Courts decision to not allow Yvette Cooper the right to intervene in the legal case. Despite this, Labour insists they want to close the asylum hotels and the Security Minister Dan Jarvis has defended the action. Labour is in a panic as dozens of councils across England are "instructing" legal teams for advice to rid more hotels of the small boat migrants.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said, "It is completely wrong that the Labour government is taking legal action to keep open the Bell Hotel. "The government isn't listening to the public or to the courts. Instead of trying to keep illegal immigrants in expensive hotels the Conservatives would immediately deport all illegal arrivals and ensure towns like Epping are never put in this position again."
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