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Migrant barge arrives in UK as docking port reportedly fears far-right protests

A port where a barge housing asylum seekers is set to dock has reportedly removed its cruise ship schedule from its website in a bid to deter far-right protests. The Bibby Stockholm arrived on Tuesday in Falmouth, Cornwall, where the accommodation ...

09 May 2023 at 09:48

Barge leased to house 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast, despite Tory row

A barge docked off the Dorset coast will hold around 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months, the Home Office has confirmed despite facing legal threats from local Tories. “Basic and functional accommodation” will be provided on the ...

05 Apr 2023 at 19:29

Tory council and police chief raise concerns about asylum seeker barge

Suella Braverman’s Home Office faced fresh questions from local Tories about a plan to moor a barge for asylum seekers in a Dorset harbour. The Bibby Stockholm will house around 500 migrants when it is in position in Portland Port, ...

03 May 2023 at 15:44

Bibby Stockholm barge faces fire safety concerns – reports

Plans to house thousands of migrants in new and cheaper accommodation could face fresh setbacks, after reports that the Bibby Stockholm barge has not received approval from local fire services. The Home Office had been expecting ...

31 Jul 2023 at 13:22

First 50 asylum seekers expected to be sent to Bibby Stockholm barge on Tuesday

The Home Office is expecting to send an initial 50 people to the UK’s first floating barge for asylum seekers on Tuesday despite safety concerns and local opposition. A Whitehall source confirmed the details of the first ...

27 Jul 2023 at 20:03

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 ...

18 Jul 2023 at 12:09

Bibby Stockholm met by protesters as it arrives into Portland Port

An accommodation barge has arrived at the port where it will house asylum seekers, as critics deem the Government’s migration plans “immoral and cruel” with them poised to become law. Bibby Stockholm was met by ...

18 Jul 2023 at 13:11

Channel crossings top 14,000 for year so far

More than 14,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, figures show. According to Home Office data, 297 people were detected on Wednesday in six boats, suggesting an ...

20 Jul 2023 at 13:59

Migrant barge not a floating prison, Home Office says

The Home Office has denied its barge housing asylum seekers is a “floating prison” and said the people on board would be “free to come and go as they want”. Gardening in nearby allotments and hiking ...

10 Aug 2023 at 17:35

3,000 asylum seekers ‘could be living on barge and ex-military sites by autumn’

Government aims to house 3,000 migrants in non-hotel sites by autumn

Around 3,000 asylum seekers could be living on a barge and in former military sites by the autumn in a Government bid to cut back on using hotels. Around 500 migrants will be housed on the Bibby ...

21 Jul 2023 at 16:26

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 ...

26 Jun 2023 at 19:59

Asylum barge plan ‘unworkable’, critics say after Braverman’s missed target

Suella Braverman’s plan to house asylum seekers on barges was branded “unworkable” as she missed her own target for the first vessel to be in place. The Bibby Stockholm accommodation vessel, ...

26 Jun 2023 at 16:06

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