UK claims injunction evicting "asylum seekers" risks further protests

Earlier this week, Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's Reform UK party which is leading in opinion polls, announced a plan to repeal laws to allow for mass deportations of “asylum seekers” which he said was needed to prevent "major civil disorder".

Critics say that housing “asylum seekers” in hotels, often young men who are not allowed to work, puts the local community at risk, and point to recent incidents where some migrants have been accused of serious crimes including the rape and sexual assault of young girls.

This week, an Ethiopian “asylum seeker” went on trial accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and another woman in Epping, accusations he denied.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Alex Richardson)