Lawyers for Borders
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@LawForBorders
Cross-party movement to end asylum hotels and secure our borders. DM for pro bono assistance or to support our campaign.
Human rights activism has once again brought deportations of illegal migrants to a standstill. This happened when we sought to deport to Rwanda but this time they’ve stopped deportation to France. The UK must have the power to control its borders without this interference.
Eritrean man wins temporary block on removal to France under government’s "one in, one out" deal bbc.in/4mDKhUR
🚨 NEW: Epping District Council has been denied permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision that asylum seekers can remain in the Bell Hotel [@eefnews]
At the invitation of Yvette Cooper’s lawyers, the Court of Appeal ruled the ‘public interest’ was in keeping illegal migrants in hotel accommodation close to their GP practices, while the harms to Epping residents were put aside. It even encourages councils and the police to curb local protests rather than stopping the use of hotels housing illegal migrants. It’s there in black and white: the entire system has been turned against the British people.
The question of shutting down the Bell Hotel for asylum use will soon be reconsidered in October with a full trial. @EppingTories and @eppingforestdc our team of legal volunteers are on hand and willing to support in any way we can. Our DMs are open.
The judge in this case also previously challenged the Rwanda deportation scheme and helped end a fast-track deportation scheme. 🧵A thread on yet another judge with remarkable similarity between their background and decisions👇 We need radical overhaul.
Full statement on the Court of Appeals judgement on the use of the Bell Hotel in Epping.
This is a fact-specific loss, not a green light for asylum hotels. Councils still have tools: - Targeted s.187B injunctions with stronger evidence; and – s.183 stop notices where the use is recent. Reach out for support, we’ll triage your case.
This is an extremely disappointing decision. Yvette Cooper used taxpayer money - your money - to keep open a hotel housing illegal migrants. The Government’s lawyers argued accommodating illegal migrants was in the “national interest”. In court they said the right of illegal migrants to free hotels is more important than the rights of the British people. Well, they are not. The British Government should always put the interests of the British people first. Starmer’s Government has shown itself to be on the side of illegal migrants who have broken into our county. But this is not a free pass for asylum hotels. Councils can and should still act to close hotels. If they don’t, residents will rightly ask, on whose side are they? My team and @LawForBorders will continue to provide legal assistance to help protect communities. There is no acceptable accommodation for illegal migrants. The Government should be prioritising Brits in need and deporting every illegal migrant, as the last Government should have done and I've argued for years.
