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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the money

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Man who died on Bibby Stockholm said ‘he wanted to go back to his home country’

Leonard Farruku told hotel staff before arriving on the barge that he wanted to go to Albania because of his mental health.

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Firm behind beleaguered Bibby Stockholm migrant barge handed another £150m government contract

All asylum seekers have now been moved off the Bibby Stockholm and the barge has been towed away

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

Bibby Stockholm barge towed away, 18 months after arriving in Dorset

Vessel commissioned by previous Conservative government to house asylum seekers was decommissioned in November

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

Life and death on the Bibby Stockholm: ‘No one wanted to go inside – but we had no choice’

From the moment it was announced that asylum seekers would be accommodated on this hulking, prison-like barge, the scheme was steeped in controversy. As it leaves British waters, here is the inside story

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

Last asylum seekers living on Bibby Stockholm set to leave barge

It comes as the Government said it would not renew the use of the accommodation after its contract expires in January.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024

Peckham protesters who blocked asylum seeker coach heading to Bibby Stockolm barge cleared

Protesters who blocked a coach from taking asylum seekers from a London hotel to the Bibby Stockholm barge have been cleared of criminal charges.

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2024

Hundreds of asylum seekers moved off Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge

Migrants are being transferred from the barge and into hotels across the country

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

Bibby Stockholm barge to be scrapped as migrant accommodation under Labour plan

The contract for the vessel, moored in Portland Port, will not be renewed, the Home Office said

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024