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Nearly £170,000 cost to remove each migrant under small boats Bill – estimate

Nearly £170,000 cost to send migrant to Rwanda, according to new figures

Ministers could spend £169,000 on every asylum seeker forcibly removed to a third country such as Rwanda, according to the Home Office’s own estimates. Nearly two in five people would need to be deterred from crossing the Channel in small boats for ...

26 Jun 2023 at 19:59

Portland not the right place to be homing all of these people, say protesters

Protesters waving placards gathered at the gates of Portland Port to show their opposition to the arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge. Watched over by a small number of police officers, the group shouted chants against the vessel which will house ...

18 Jul 2023 at 12:09

Ministers expected to cut number of hotels used to house asylum seekers

Ministers to cut number of hotels used to house asylum seekers – reports

Plans to cut the number of hotels used to house migrants by January are expected to be announced on Tuesday. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is set to confirm some contracts will be terminated to reduce the £8 million-a-day cost of using the ...

24 Oct 2023 at 08:47

Channel crossings: Average number of migrants per boat for July hits record high

The average number of migrants crossing the Channel per boat last month was the highest on record, figures show. Some 3,299 people made the journey in July in 63 boats – an average of around 52 migrants per vessel. This is the highest average ...

01 Aug 2023 at 21:58

Asylum seekers to be housed on Bibby barge ‘in coming days’, minister says

The first asylum seekers will go on to the Bibby Stockholm barge “in the coming days”, the immigration minister has said after a series of delays amid safety concerns. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said around 50 people will enter the ...

06 Aug 2023 at 15:07

Asylum reforms become law as Channel crossings top 14,000 for year so far

The Government’s sweeping asylum reforms have become law as the number of migrants crossing the Channel topped 14,000 for the year so far. The Illegal Migration Bill became an Act of Parliament after being given Royal Assent, deputy ...

20 Jul 2023 at 17:12

Asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm barge dies

Asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm dies

An asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm barge has died. Police said officers received reports of a “sudden death” of someone living on the giant vessel, in Portland, Dorset, early on Tuesday morning. The first asylum seekers ...

12 Dec 2023 at 12:34

Bibby Stockholm resident convicted of assault and shoplifting charges

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a resident of the Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum seekers after he failed to attend court for assault and shoplifting charges. Ahmed Haffa was due to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court ...

01 Mar 2024 at 15:43

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved off Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge

Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from an accommodation barge moored off the Dorset coast ahead of decisions about their future in the UK. Migrants are being transferred from the Bibby Stockholm and into hotels across ...

29 Oct 2024 at 22:09

Housing refugees on barge risks retraumatising them, says charity chief

Housing asylum-seekers on the Bibby Stockholm “floating prison” would be “inhumane” and risks “retraumatising” people who have escaped war zones and other “horrors”, the leader of a refugee charity has warned. Steve Smith, the ...

02 Aug 2023 at 10:01

Cleverly promises investigation after asylum seeker dies on Bibby Stockholm

The death of an asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm barge will be investigated “fully”, Home Secretary James Cleverly has said. Police were called to reports of the “sudden death” of a man living on the giant vessel, ...

12 Dec 2023 at 20:20

UN slams immigration Bill as plans for more vessels to house migrants in trouble

The Government’s flagship Illegal Migration Bill passed through Parliament but has been denounced by the United Nations while plans for more vessels to house asylum seekers have run into difficulties. The legislation, ...

18 Jul 2023 at 18:47

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