There has been no shortage of headlines about asylum seekers in the UK over the summer, and a today’s major court decision ensured that won’t change soon.

Epping Forest district council in Essex was granted a temporary injunction by the High Court, blocking the town’s Bell Hotel from housing asylum seekers.

That temporary injunction was taken to the Court of Appeal, where today three senior judges overturned it and allowed the Home Office to challenge the ruling.

The debate has exploded into a major issue for the government – and today’s court decision is likely to make the situation even more fractious.

According to the Home Office, around 210 hotels are being used to accommodate people who arrived in the UK illegally and claimed asylum.

They are staying there until officials determi

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