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Nobel panel to announce winner of literature prize

The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. While the recipient is notoriously unpredictable, one clear contender is Sir Salman Rushdie, the India-born writer and free-speech ...

06 Oct 2022 at 10:46

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 ...

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 ...

18 Jul 2023 at 12:09

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Ukraine war sees global arms sales rise but watchdog warns of challenges ahead

Global arms sales rose by nearly 2% in 2021, the seventh consecutive year of increases, an international arms sales watchdog noted on Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) added that the war in Ukraine ...

05 Dec 2022 at 13:13

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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....

02 Aug 2023 at 10:01

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