Leeds: Child asylum seekers wrongly classed as adults – report – BBC News
‘Thirty child asylum seekers were wrongly categorised as adults by the Home Office, according to a council report.’
BBC News, 31st August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: hotels
Getting it all wrong… LB Redbridge ‘dismal’ homelessness decisions – Nearly Legal
‘Ms UO and her 3 children, aged 11, 5 and 3, were homeless and had applied to LB Redbridge. The family had NASS accommodation in the Tottenham area since 2021, after NASS accommodation in Croydon and West Ham from 2019. Ms UO’s elder children were enrolled in school in Tottenham and the youngest in the nursery attached to the school. MS UO had connections in Redbridge herself. Following Ms UO’s grant of asylum in 2022, the NASS accommodation ceased. She applied to Redbridge. The application stressed how important the children’s school was to them. She then did not hear anything from Redbridge until the day before her eviction from the NASS accommodation.’
Nearly Legal, 18th June 2023
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Home Office faces legal action over children missing from UK asylum hotels – The Guardian
‘Placing unaccompanied children in hotels run by the Home Office is “unlawful”, according to a legal action launched after hundreds of youngsters living in them have gone missing.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Teenager sentenced for throwing fireworks at police at Merseyside asylum protest – The Guardian
‘A teenager who threw lit fireworks at police officers during a “shameful” protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers has been sentenced to three years’ detention.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Afghan children and their families abandoned in remote hotels following High Court ruling – Garden Court Chambers
‘Afghan families remain trapped in remote hotels following today’s High Court ruling that the Home Secretary did not act unlawfully by moving them from a London hotel to hotels in a city in the north of England. The move significantly disrupted the children’s education and adults’ employment. Following the judgment, the families remain in temporary accommodation and at risk of further moves, as the Home Office has failed to secure the settled accommodation it promised. The families have been stuck in hotels for over one and a half years since being evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021.’
Garden Court Chambers, 24th March 2023
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Asylum seeker barge plan would face legal challenge – BBC News
‘Ministers are facing the prospect of a legal challenge if they go ahead with plans to house asylum seekers on a barge off the Dorset coast.’
BBC News, 4th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London councils urge Home Office to rethink hotels policy for asylum seekers – The Guardian
‘Two-thirds of London’s councils have signed a letter to the home secretary calling for a major shake-up of the government’s hotels policy for asylum seekers.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Council judicial review application over asylum seeker hotels refused – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has refused a judicial review application from Torbay Council that argued the placement of asylum seekers in local hotels would have a significant impact on Children’s Services.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Accommodating asylum seekers: legal issues arising from the use of hotel accommodation – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Home Office’s policy of placing asylum seekers in hotels and hostels has given rise to a number of legal issues for local authorities. Dean Underwood and Jack Barber detail the areas of concern.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court grants council interim injunction preventing 60 hotels from taking in asylum seekers – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has granted Great Yarmouth Borough Council an interim injunction restricting around 60 hotels in the resort town from accommodating asylum seekers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Council threatens Home Office with judicial review after third hotel used to house asylum seekers – Local Government Lawyer
‘Torbay Council has issued a second pre-proceedings letter for a judicial review of the Home Office’s plan to block-book a third hotel in the area in order to accommodate asylum seekers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court refuses to extend interim injunctions stopping hotels from accommodating asylum seekers – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has refused to extend ‘without notice’ interim injunctions obtained by Ipswich Borough Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council that blocked the acccommodation of asylum seekers in local hotels.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Councils in court over hotels housing asylum seekers – BBC News
‘Lawyers for two councils have urged the High Court to block the Home Office’s contractors from using large hotels to house asylum seekers, claiming the schemes break planning laws and harm communities.’
BBC News, 9th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal challenge to hotel quarantine policy goes to Court of Appeal – BBC News
‘A legal challenge to the Government’s mandatory quarantine hotel policy is to be taken to the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 9th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Britain First activist faces retrial for alleged assault at hotel housing asylum seekers – The Independent
‘Magistrates have set aside the conviction of a Britain First activist accused of assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing asylum seekers. James White, 31, will face a retrial for assault at Coventry Magistrates’ Court on 7 March. He was found guilty of the offence in his absence on Monday, but the conviction was ruled unsafe two days later after his lawyer successfully argued proceedings had gone ahead unfairly.’
The Independent, 11th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Britain First activist convicted of assaulting security guard at hotel housing asylum seekers – The Independent
‘A Britain First activist has been convicted of assaulting a security guard at a hotel housing asylum seekers.’
The Independent, 8th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Office hotels for asylum seekers ‘akin to detention centres’ – report – The Guardian
‘Conditions in hotels used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers during the pandemic are akin to detention centres, according to a report that also says accommodation is often sub-standard and sometimes unsafe.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Covid: Legal action begins over quarantine hotel rules – BBC News
‘A law firm representing travellers is taking the government to court over the UK’s quarantine hotel policy.’
BBC News, 13th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Quarantine hotel rules face legal challenge – BBC News
‘A law firm representing travellers is challenging the UK’s quarantine hotel policy and seeking a judicial review.’
BBC News, 12th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court backs raped tourist in blow to travel industry – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A British woman who was sexually assaulted by a hotel worker on a package holiday has won her Supreme Court appeal, in a judgment of “major importance to the travel industry”.’
Law Society's Gazette, 30th July 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
