An accommodation barge arrived at the port to house 500 asylum seekers. Bibby Stockholm was towed into Dorset's Portland Port. It will be used to house migrants under Rishi Sunak's delayed proposal to "stop the boats" crossing the Channel by a month. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at...
Protests broke out in Peckham, London, over the planned transfer of asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset.
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Access was granted on Friday to tour a vessel that will house up to 500 asylum-seekers in England after the UK Parliament passed its long-debated bill to curb migration.
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TV cameras were today given a first glimpse inside the Bibby Stockholm barge which arrived at Portland Port in Dorset on Tuesday. The barge will house around 500 asylum seekers, all single men, in bunk..
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
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