Epping Council vows to fight on after asylum hotel ruling

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Epping Forest District Council cabinet member Ken Williamson said the community was “deeply disappointed” by the Court of Appeal ruling on The Bell Hotel, insisting the council will “continue the fight” against its use to house asylum seekers.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We are deeply disappointed by the outcome of today's hearing.

00:04While Epping Forest has brought the wider asylum seeker debate into sharp national focus,

00:10the concern and motivation of Epping Forest District Council throughout has been the wellbeing

00:15of our local residents.

00:18Where we had clarity and resolution, we now have doubt and confusion.

00:24However this is not the end of the matter.

00:27While the Court of Appeal has lifted the temporary injunction, the case for the final junction

00:32is still to be heard.

00:34Our battle on behalf of our residents will continue.

00:38A few weeks from now we will be back in court where we trust the strength of our case will

00:43still prevail.

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