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HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - Caught on Camera

‘Cabins slightly larger than a prison cell’: life aboard the UK’s barge for asylum seekers

Home Office tour of asylum seeker Bibby Stockholm barge emphasises no-frills features including TVs that don’t work

The Guardian - UK

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

It is unclear exactly when the Bibby Stockholm barge will start being used in Portland, Dorset, as the Government aims to slash hotel bills.

The Independent UK

UN slams immigration Bill as plans for more vessels to house migrants in trouble

The UN refugees head said the Government’s asylum plans expose refugees ‘to grave risks in breach of international law’.

The Independent UK

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Bibby Stockholm met by protesters as it arrives into Portland Port

Critics have lambasted the Government’s plans to house 500 migrants on the barge, calling them ‘immoral and cruel’.

The Independent UK

Police separate rival protesters as asylum barge arrives in Portland

No to the Barge and Stand Up to Racism groups come together outside Dorset port gates where the Bibby Stockholm has docked

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Migrant barge with less living space than an average parking bay arrives in Dorset

Two more vessels commissioned by Rishi Sunak have nowhere to dock and are ‘returned to owners’

The Independent UK

Portland not the right place to be homing all of these people, say protesters

The Bibby Stockholm barge will house 500 asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

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Bibby Stockholm – live: Barge arrives in Dorset as UN says Illegal Migration Bill is against international law

The first asylum seekers are expected to arrive on the Bibby Stockholm later this month

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Protests as barge to house 500 asylum seekers arrives in Dorset port

The accommodation barge arrived in Portland Port on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm migrant barge docks in Dorset as protesters gather at quayside

Protesters gathered as the barge docked at the quayside in Portland, where it is due to house migrants later this month

The Independent UK

Bibby barge arrives in port after Government sees off challenge to asylum plans

The accommodation barge set to house 500 asylum seekers arrived in Portland Port on Tuesday morning.

The Independent UK

Barges could still be used for asylum seekers under Labour, says Cooper

Shadow home secretary’s comments come as Bibby Stockholm vessel heads to Dorset from Falmouth after a refit

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers is on the move

Around 500 asylum seekers will be housed on the accommodation barge when it is moored in Portland, Dorset.

The Independent UK

Housing asylum seekers on barge may only save £10 a person daily, report says

NGOs behind report suggest minimal savings for Home Office if Bibby Stockholm barge used in place of £5.6m-a-day hotels

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Evening Standard

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

Suella Braverman promised MPs on June 5 that the Bibby Stockholm barge would be in Portland Port within a fortnight

The Independent UK

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

Suella Braverman promised MPs on June 5 that the Bibby Stockholm barge would be in Portland Port within a fortnight.

The Independent UK

Government could be forced to pay millions to police asylum barges and military bases

Exclusive: Suella Braverman approves new police funding policy amid ‘intense’ negotiations in Dorset

The Guardian - UK

Napoleon’s words come back to haunt us as a prison barge for our times sails in

What ‘frightful miseries’ will await the 500 asylum seekers who are being housed in the Bibby Stockholm prison ship?

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Liverpool firm defends barge involved in controversial government asylum seeker plan

Bibby Marine Limited is based in Liverpool and the owner of the Bibby Stockholm vessel at the centre of the government's plans

The Independent UK

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

The Home Office announced the ‘basic and functional’ accommodation will be provided on the Bibby Stockholm.

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