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Migrant barge residents describe conditions like ‘entering Alcatraz’ | Politics | News

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Asylum seekers moving onto the Bibby Stockholm migrant boat have likened the conditions to the notorious Alcatraz prison.

The boat, located at Portland in Dorset, has room to accommodate up to 500 people. But one of the first people to move onto it told the BBC it felt like a prison.

The Home Office however says the barge will provide better value for the public purse. It comes as the number of small boats arriving at the British coast continues

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UK moves some asylum seekers to a barge on southern coast – EURACTIV.com

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Britain began moving some migrants on to a large residential barge on its southern coast on Monday (7 August), as part of plans to save money and remove what the government called the “pull” of hotels for those arriving in small boats.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration a major priority ahead of a national election expected next year, pitching his Conservatives as being tougher on the issue than the opposition Labour Party, which enjoys

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Suella Braverman sends blunt ultimatum to migrants refusing to get on barge | Politics | News

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Suella Braverman has delivered a blunt warning to those working to oppose the Government’s decision to move migrants out of hotels and onto the Bibby Stockholm barge.

A Government source said migrants have got one more day to board the barge, or the Home Office will consider removing their accommodation support.

Those who crossed the channel now have a stark choice: go where the Government tells them to, or become destitute.

The stark warning comes after a left-wing charity intervened

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UK Moves First Group of Migrants to Barge

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Thousands of migrants travel to Britain every year on small boats, risking their lives to cross the English Channel and hoping to claim asylum when they reach dry land.

On Monday, the British government moved a group of them onto a barge docked at the coast, a controversial step it argues will save money but that critics say is the latest example of a steady hardening of migration policy under the governing Conservative Party.

A small group of asylum seekers

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‘It’s not a floating prison!’ Sky News host slams charity chief’s ‘misleading’ barge claim | Politics | News

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Sky News presenter Sarah-Jane Mee slammed Sabir Zazai for referring to the Bibby Stockholm barge as a “floating prison” as the first asylum seekers step on board the controversial housing alternative.

Mr Zazai – Chief Executive of the Scottish Refugee Council – discussed the vessel on Sky News this afternoon as Ms Mee delved into some of the controversy behind the plan.

The Bibby Stockholm is one of a number of alternative sites the Home Office is using to end

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First asylum seekers moved to barge off UK south coast – POLITICO

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LONDON — The British government has moved a first cohort of asylum seekers onto a barge docked off the Dorset coast as part of a concerted push to deter people from traveling to the U.K. by small boats.

The first asylum seekers arrived on the 222-room Bibby Stockholm barge, which is set to house up to 500 people, on Monday, a U.K. government official, not authorized to speak on the record, confirmed.

The U.K. government has pushed ahead with the

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‘Only two’ migrants on Stockholm Bibby barge as migrants ‘refuse to leave their hotel’ | UK | News

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The first asylum seekers are being moved onto the Bibby Stockholm barge off the coast of Dorset, however according to reports the relocation is not going smoothly.

DorsetLive reports that so far only “two” migrants are aboard the vessel, designed to hold 500 people.

Reporter Mike Taylor has said: “Understand that a few migrants due on board have refused to go on board the Bibby Stockholm have been successful in not going on board.”

Human rights group Amnesty International has

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UK minister denies barge housing asylum seekers is a ‘potential death trap’ – POLITICO

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LONDON — Cabinet minister Grant Shapps rejected claims Wednesday that the Bibby Stockholm, a barge the U.K. government is planning to use to house asylum seekers, represents a fire safety “death trap.” 

The stark warning over the 222-bedroom ship — currently moored at Portland Port in Dorset — came from the Fire Brigades’ Union, which has written to the U.K. Home Office outlining its safety concerns over the vessel.

The ship is part of U.K. government plans to reduce its

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How to BARGE your way onto the London property market: FEMAIL reveals the best river homes

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With luxury living spaces, catalogue-worthy bedrooms and spacious roof decks, these enviable London properties are enough to lure any buyer. 

Only these plush pads aren’t found in modern apartment buildings or converted Victorian homes, they are concealed within the houseboats that dot the city’s waterways. 

Speaking to FEMAIL, Nicholas Austin, Sales Manager for RiverHomes’ Southwest office, explained houseboats at the top end of the market offer better equipped living areas than most London homes, as well as a sense of

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Captain Whites Fish Market Barge verlässt den Kai – NBC4 Washington

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Einer der beliebtesten Fischmärkte von DC hat sich am Donnerstag von der Southwest Waterfront entfernt.

Captain White’s Seafood wurde gesehen, wie er seinen Lastkahn in den Washington Channel fuhr. Chopper4-Filmmaterial zeigte, wie sich der Lastkahn langsam bewegte. Es war unklar, wohin die Reise ging.

Der langjährige Verkäufer von Meeresfrüchten unter freiem Himmel verlässt den Fischmarkt nach einem langwierigen Gerichtsstreit mit dem Bezirk wegen der Miete, berichtet Mark Segraves von News4.

Captain White’s hat argumentiert, dass das Wharf-Neuentwicklungsprojekt die Kunden verdrängte

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