{"id":270895,"date":"2025-08-19T21:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/epping-council-wins-bid-to-move-asylum-seekers-from-local-hotel\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:04:55","slug":"epping-council-wins-bid-to-move-asylum-seekers-from-local-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/epping-council-wins-bid-to-move-asylum-seekers-from-local-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Epping Council wins bid to move asylum seekers from local hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UyE1Dw86Xcw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Epping Council wins bid to move asylum seekers from local hotel\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyE1Dw86Xcw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A judge allowed Epping Forest council a temporary injunction, blocking a hotel from housing asylum seekers and it&#8217;s thought a number of councils are considering legal challenges of their own.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>The judgement means asylum seekers must now be moved out of the Bell Hotel by 12 September. <\/p>\n<p>The Home Office warned that an injunction could &quot;interfere&quot; with its legal obligations and aggravate the pressures on the system.<\/p>\n<p>We asked the Home office for an interview but nobody was available. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Asylum seekers ordered to leave Epping hotel<br \/>\n3:30 &#8211; Protest outside Bell Hotel<br \/>\n4:47 &#8211; Interview with Enver Solomon<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Jamie Roberton &amp; Jo Heywood<br \/>\nCamera-edit: Soren Munk<br \/>\nEditor: Lorenzo Cico<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge allowed Epping Forest council a temporary injunction, blocking a hotel from housing asylum seekers and it&#8217;s thought a number of councils are considering legal challenges of their own. 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