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A barge designated to house asylum seekers as part of the government’s cost-cutting measures has docked in Portland Port">Portland Port, Dorset. The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm on Tuesday marks the beginning of an 18-month stay at the port, where it will serve as temporary accommodation for approximately 500 single men seeking asylum.
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The docking of the barge coincided with the passage of the government’s Illegal Migration Bill through key stages in the House of Lords, paving the way for its imminent implementation as law. The bill seeks to prohibit asylum claims by individuals who enter the country through the Channel and other deemed “illegal” routes, with plans to transfer them to third countries such as Rwanda.
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