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Pictured: Three-storey barge that could become floating hotel for refugees

Sources at the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry confirmed the Home Office wants to charter the vessel from Liverpool-based Bibby Marine

Daily Mirror

Thursday briefing: Why the Home Office’s latest idea to cut the asylum seeker backlog will run aground too

In today’s newsletter: Amelia Gentleman explains why governmental incompetence, not asylum seekers eager to stay in mythical luxury hotels, is at the root of the problem

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Talking Point: What do you think of the plans to house asylum seekers on barges?

New plans outlined by Robert Jenrick seek to tackle small boats arrivals and reduce the government’s £2.3 billion annual hotels bill

Evening Standard

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Home Office planning to house asylum seekers in former prison

Charities say former prison that saw riots is an ‘unsuitable’ location for traumatised asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Boats, barges and big bills – the asylum options being chewed over in Whitehall

Former military bases and cruise ships are among alternatives to hotels to house people seeking asylum in UK

The Guardian - UK

Tories keep Psycho Dom at arm’s length as Angela Rayner goes for jugular

Deputy PM’s throbbing vein was only sign of life as Rayner taunted him with bullying jibes in what is likely to be his last PMQs

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on hotels and asylum: a cycle of failure

Editorial: A policy built on the deliberate aim of making Britain inhospitable to refugees will only make the system less effective

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Tory move to house asylum seekers in barges and military bases widely condemned

TORY ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases, barges and ferries amidst widespread condemnation by…

The National (Scotland)

Tory backlash over plans to put asylum seekers on barges and in military bases

One Tory MP tells parliament barges should be ‘out of the question’, while another says legal action will be launched over RAF base conversion

The Independent UK

Government decision to house migrants at RAF base ‘absolutely devastating’

No confirmation has been provided as to how long migrants would be housed at RAF Scampton.

The Independent UK

Military base plans for asylum seekers spark legal threats from local Tories

Home Office minister Robert Jenrick says migrants would be given ‘essential living needs and nothing more’ under hardline policy

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers will get the most basic housing possible, says Robert Jenrick

Minister sets out plans to use old army bases and possibly ships to save money and dissuade people from coming to UK

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers to be housed on former prison site under Government plans

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick would describe it only as a ‘separate site’.

The Independent UK

Local Tories issue legal threats over military base plans for asylum seekers

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the plans are needed to accommodate migrants’ ‘essential living needs and nothing more’.

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The Independent UK

‘Ludicrous’ asylum barges plan ruled out by Treasury when Rishi Sunak was chancellor

Immigration minister tells parliament the government is again ‘exploring the possibility of accommodating migrants in vessels’

Evening Standard

Disarray over Government bid to house migrants on barges

Dominic Raab repeatedly failed to say whether the government had any barges to house migrants

Daily Mirror

Tories 'distracting from failures' with plan to house asylum seekers on disused barges

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick will announce the use of two RAF sites - Wethersfield and Scampton - on Wednesday, but one council is already seeking a High Court injunction.

Nottingham Post

Asylum seekers will be housed at military base over Nottinghamshire border at RAF Scampton

Barges and ferries are unlikely to be used soon, sources say

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Evening Standard

Migrants to be housed in disused Army bases and barges to curb hotel use

RAF bases in Essex and Lincolnshire as well as offshore barges are being considered in a bid to slash accommodation costs

The National (Scotland)

Asylum seekers to be housed in military bases and barges under Government plans

ASYLUM seekers are set to be housed in disused military bases, ferries and barges under UK Government plans to reduce spending on hotels.

The Independent UK

Home Office plans to put migrants on barges and cruise ships

‘Direction of travel’ towards using offshore vessels, as minister sets out plans to use RAF bases

Manchester Evening News

Migrants 'to be housed on barges and in disused military barracks' to curb hotel use

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is set to make an announcement today

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers to be moved to military bases and barges under Government plans

Government sources downplayed suggestions ferries could be used shortly, saying ‘nothing has been bought’.

Wales Online

Migrants to be housed in Army bases and barges to curb hotel use

Thousands of people arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel has caused demand to rise

Wales Online

Migrants 'to be housed on giant barge and disused military bases' say reports

The shift, from hotel accommodation to this, is part of a government plan to deter migrants from coming to the UK, say sources

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