
Up to 400 asylum seekers who were housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge are moved by Labour into hotel and council accommodation in the Midlands
Daily MailHundreds of asylum seekers are being moved from the Bibby Stockholm to a hotel and council accommodation in the Midlands as ministers rush to close the barge by Christmas. It comes amid reports the Home Office may be about to open more asylum hotels as demand soars following the arrival of nearly 150,000 migrants over the last six years. Around 400 people will be transferred from the Bibby Stockholm after it was axed by the Labour government as part of its review of the asylum system Migrants board an overloaded boat off the coast of France on Friday While the number of new asylum hotels have been confirmed, a Home Office source told Times Radio that more are coming in the 'days and weeks'. The Bibby Stockholm is one of two major asylum accommodation sites established by the Conservative government in an attempt to reduce the then £8million daily cost of putting up migrants in hotels.
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Labour's promise to 'end asylum hotels' backfires as numbers rise by 8,500
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Firm behind beleaguered Bibby Stockholm migrant barge handed another £150m government contract
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Home Office considering disused care homes and student flats to house asylum seekers
The Independent
Bibby Stockholm migrants smile for selfie leaving the barge as it's claimed some are 'jumping the queue' for new homes
Daily Mail
Inside the Bibby Stockholm as work begins to rehome asylum seekers after Labour closure announcement
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Bibby Stockholm contract will not be renewed as Labour to shut down migrant barge
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UK government scrapping use of a barge off English coast to house asylum-seekers
Associated Press
UK to close migrant barge amid Labour govt asylum overhaul
China Daily
UK to stop using Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers
Al Jazeera
U.K. government scrapping use of barge off English coast to house asylum-seekers
LA Times
UK to close migrant barge amid Labour govt asylum overhaul
China Daily
Hundreds of asylum seekers moved off Bibby Stockholm and Wethersfield RAF base in last three months
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Asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge describe ‘prison-like conditions’
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Asylum chaos as RAF sites and Bibby Stockholm barge to cost more than hotels
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Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog
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'Forty' refugees on the Bibby Stockholm Barge are attending local church services amid fears that Christianity conversion may be new 'loophole' to remain in country after Clapham chemical attack suspe
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Bibby Stockholm migrant barge ‘to cost more per head than hotels’ despite Home Office pledge to cut bill
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First asylum seekers back on board Bibby Stockholm after Legionella evacuation
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Asylum seekers return to the Bibby Stockholm barge after legionella scare
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Protesters gather as asylum seekers brought back to Bibby Stockholm barge
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Suella Braverman wins Bibby Stockholm barge High Court fight against mayor who argued housing migrants on the vessel breached planning and equality laws
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Key decision due in fight over Bibby Stockholm migrant barge in Dorset
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Bibby Stockholm migrant barge made ready to rehouse asylum seekers after legionella outbreak
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‘Weeks’ before migrants back on board Bibby barge – minister
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Rishi Sunak defends Bibby Stockholm plan after series of setbacks
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Bibby Stockholm migrants could be back on barge ‘within days’ after Legionella scare
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Bibby Stockholm: A timeline of the government’s controversial migrant accommodation
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Government officials planning for migrant crisis to last for ‘years’
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Bibby Stockholm asylum-seeker barge evacuated after traces of deadly legionella bacteria found in water
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All 39 asylum seekers off Bibby Stockholm after Legionella found in water supply
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Bibby Stockholm migrant barge evacuated over legionnaires’ disease fears
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Bibby Stockholm migrants moved off barge after legionella bacteria found
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Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants
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Bibby Stockholm: Workers ‘driven stir-crazy’ on cramped barge ‘not designed for living on’
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Bibby Stockholm: Home Office threatens asylum seekers with homelessness for refusing to move onto barge
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Lee Anderson tells asylum seekers to ‘f*** off back to France’
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Migrants told - Get on the Bibby Stockholm today or be homeless: Home Office warns asylum seekers to move to Dorset vessel or have free accommodation cancelled after 15 spent their first night on ship
Daily Mail
UK government to house asylum seekers on barges in bid to cut costs
ABC
Bibby Stockholm barge: Home Office breaks own rules by trying to put disabled asylum seekers and torture victims on board
The Independent
Bibby Stockholm: First asylum seekers moved onto migrant barge
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Bibby Stockholm: What life aboard ‘quasi-prison’ barge will look like for asylum seekers
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Asylum seekers could be housed on Bibby Stockholm barge as soon as Monday despite safety concerns
The Independent
Labour would use barges to house asylum seekers for a 'very short' period while backlog is tackled, shadow immigration minister says
Daily Mail
UK moves asylum seekers to barge despite humanitarian concerns
Al Jazeera
Britain moves asylum seekers to barge moored off south England in bid to cut costs
LA Times
Labour would use asylum seeker barges temporarily while tackling cases backlog
The Independent
Grant Shapps forced to insist Bibby Stockholm ‘quasi prison’ barge is not a ‘death trap’
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UK barge to house asylum-seekers is branded a death trap
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Legal challenges loom as asylum seekers fight transfer to Bibby Stockholm barge
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