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Bibby Stockholm migrant barge: First asylum seekers moved onto ship despite safety fears

Downing Street rows back on minister's claim that 500 people could be on board this week

The Independent UK

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”.

Evening Standard

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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First asylum seekers expected ‘imminently’ on Bibby Stockholm barge

Home Office minister Sarah Dines said people arriving in the UK via unauthorised means ‘can’t expect to stay in a four-star hotel’.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: First asylum seekers arrive on barge as ministers accused of ‘disastrous failure’ to stop boat crossings

Government pushes on with plans to use Bibby Stockholm in Portland Port despite safety fears and local opposition

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers could be housed on Bibby Stockholm barge as soon as Monday despite safety concerns

Government hopes to get 500 male migrants on the barge in Dorset by end of this week, minister reveals

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm barge could accept asylum seekers as soon as Monday

Ministers are pushing on with plans to use the vessel in Portland Port, Dorset, despite safety fears and local opposition.

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Asylum seeker who escaped from Iran says Dorset barge will be another ‘jail’

Human rights lawyer says he has been unable to sleep in anticipation of move to Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers to be housed on Bibby barge ‘in coming days’, minister says - OLD

Robert Jenrick insisted the vessel is ‘safe’ after the firefighters’ union claimed it is a ‘potential deathtrap’.

The Independent UK

Labour says it would ‘temporarily’ house refugees on offshore barges

Policy has been branded cruel and inhumane by rights groups

The Independent UK

Labour would use barges to temporarily house asylum seekers, says Stephen Kinnock

Shadow immigration minister says party would have no choice but to deal with ‘mess we inherit’ from Tories

The Guardian - UK

Barges to house asylum seekers would be used 'temporarily' by Labour, says MP

BARGES would be used by a Labour government to house asylum seekers for a “very short” period while the cases backlog is tackled, the shadow…

The National (Scotland)

Labour would use asylum seeker barges temporarily while tackling cases backlog

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock confirmed the policy.

The Independent UK

Tories slammed over plan to cram 900 refugees in shared bedrooms in Scots hotels

A SCOTTISH charity says it been left “deeply concerned” after Tory ministers have been accused of “inhumane” plans to cram 900 asylum…

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Oliver Dowden suggests Fire Brigades Union’s concerns over asylum seeker barge politically motivated – as it happened

The FBU had said the Bibby Stockholm could be a floating ‘death trap’ for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak, beware: the Bibby Stockholm is becoming a monument to your incompetence

A vacant barge, no flights to Rwanda … beyond a certain point, even Tory supporters will grow tired of empty politics, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

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Mayor criticises ‘cruel’ plan to house ‘traumatised’ migrants on Bibby Stockholm

The Mayor of Portland said she believed services in the area would not be suitable to provide the support required.

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Housing refugees on barge risks retraumatising them, says charity chief

Steve Smith, CEO of Care4Calais, also said the Bibby Stockholm barge was ‘an accident waiting to happen’.

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The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: ‘Quasi-prison’ barge delayed as asylum seekers fight move

Exclusive: Home Office sent legal letters challenging individual transfers and overall safety of vessel

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm delay adds to disarray of Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ pledge

As with the Rwanda plan, the PM has been frustrated in his attempts to house asylum seekers on a giant barge

The Guardian - UK

‘No timeframe’ on delayed opening of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Transport minister says barge in Portland going through final checks amid row over safety concerns

The National (Scotland)

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge due to fire safety fears

THE Home Office has been forced to delay moving asylum seekers on to a giant barge in order to carry out last minute fire-safety checks.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

The Independent UK

‘What is the Bibby Stockholm?’: Home Office not telling asylum seekers they are being moved to a barge

Exclusive: Lawyers reviewing one-page notices arriving in hotels, amid confusion and concern

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‘Failing to do basic research’: Home Office forced to delay plans to move asylum seekers into RAF base

‘Most intelligent people would assess the situation first and then make a decision,’ official says

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