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Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

The Independent UK

Lee Anderson: Bibby Stockholm barge? I’ve stayed in worse in Skegness

Deputy Tory chair doubles down on ‘f*** off back to France’ comments by saying unhappy asylum seekers should ‘go back where they came from’

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: the UK’s own Alcatraz?

Arriving on the Bibby Stockholm was like “entering Alcatraz prison”, according to one of the first asylum seekers to board the controversial barge.

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Bibby Stockholm: Workers ‘driven stir-crazy’ on cramped barge ‘not designed for living on’

Exclusive: Former gas worker says barge was used only to ‘eat and sleep’

The Independent UK

UK asylum seekers who refuse to live on barges could lose government support

Threat from immigration minister follows legal challenge to use of Bibby Stockholm as accommodation

The Guardian - UK

'I lived on the Bibby Stockholm - it's NOT acceptable to house asylum seekers on it'

THE Bibby Stockholm barge will “feel like a prison” to the desperate asylum seekers fleeing war who are housed there, according to a man who…

The National (Scotland)

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office threatens asylum seekers with homelessness for refusing to move onto barge

Government accused of targeting asylum seekers who have been unable to secure legal representation, as more people move on board

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Downing Street backs Tory deputy chair over ‘back to France’ comments

No 10 says justice secretary was speaking for government in supporting Lee Anderson’s remarks on Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan slams Government over Tory Lee Anderson’s anti-asylum outburst

London mayor says ‘language matters’ after Conservative MP’s foul-mouthed attack on asylum seekers

Evening Standard

What will life be like for migrants on board the Bibby Stockholm barge?

After a series of delays, the first residents arrived on Monday amid continued safety and overcrowding fears.

The Independent UK

Chocolates and a chat: A peaceful response to Quran burnings in Sweden

Muslims present at the burnings refuse to be provoked as they hand out chocolates and seek dialogue with onlookers.

Al Jazeera

Minister likens UK asylum system to leaky bucket after first migrants board barge

The first 15 migrants have boarded the Bibby Stockholm but up to 20 others were granted a last-minute reprieve after legal challenges

Evening Standard

Legal reprieve for asylum seekers ordered to live on Dorset barge

As first 15 people move on to Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, lawyers say they are intervening to halt transfer of dozens more

The Guardian - UK

‘Should we cheer?’: support for asylum seekers arriving at Dorset port

Local campaigners deliver welcome packs for people transferred to Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland

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Bibby Stockholm: Home Office breaks rules trying to put disabled asylum seekers and torture victims on barge

At least 20 transfer orders reversed after legal letters, as charity triggers wider challenge against barge

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Bibby Stockholm: a gesture of self-defeating cruelty

Editorial: The Home Office is doomed to failure for as long as it insists on treating refugees like criminals

Evening Standard

What is Bibby Stockholm? Home Office to send asylum seekers back to housing barge

The use of the barge as housing for asylum seekers has been a controversial decision made by Home Secretary Suella Braverman

The Independent UK

What will life be like for migrants aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge?

The barge, docked in Portland Port, Dorset, is the first procured by the Government to house asylum seekers while their claims are processed.

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Migrants kept off Bibby Stockholm barge after legal challenges – charity

Human rights campaigners have condemned using the barge to house asylum seekers.

The National (Scotland)

Charity blocks Home Office boarding asylum seekers onto Bibby Stockholm barge

Several asylum seekers have NOT boarded the Bibby Stockholm barge after their transfers were “cancelled” by lawyers, according to charity…

The Guardian - UK

First occupants of Bibby Stockholm barge taken onboard

First asylum seekers to be housed on floating accommodation in Portland, Dorset, have arrived

The National (Scotland)

First asylum seekers arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge

THE first asylum seekers have boarded the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset, it is understood, with hundreds more arrivals anticipated this week.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Gimmicks won’t help clear the asylum backlog

Up to 50 people could be moved to the Bibby Stockholm barge, docked in Portland Port, Dorset, as early as today. Ministers say this is a more cost-effective way of housing migrants, while refugee campaigners have condemned the policy as “cruel and inhumane”.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: What life aboard ‘quasi-prison’ barge will look like for asylum seekers

With bunk beds, metal fencing and cabins for six people, Lizzie Dearden reports from the controversial Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

First asylum seekers arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset – as it happened

No 10 backtracks on ministers claim 500 asylum seekers could be on barge by end of week

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