Former Labour leader and MP Jeremy Corbyn opposes the UK government's plan to house 500 adult male migrants on a prison ship off the Dorset coast. He criticizes the policy as "morally indefensible ...

The British government confirmed Tuesday that the 1st asylum seekers "are now being housed" on the Bibby Stockholm barge, saying more will move to the floating accommodation soon. The first ...

About 500 adult male migrants will be housed in a barge on the Dorset coast "in the coming months", the government has confirmed. The plans have been criticised by local groups, refugee charities ...

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm Suella Braverman’s stalled plan to house asylum seekers on a giant barge is facing a major ...

The Government is set to hire a number of additional barges to tackle Britain’s migrant crisis, despite the Bibby Stockholm still housing no asylum seekers. The flagship barge, docked in Dorset ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The new arrivals come amid a steady rise in migration to the European Union country, which officials mostly attribute to ...

Sitting behind 15ft metal fencing and two sets of guarded gates, the 222 tiny cabins on the Home Office’s first asylum seeker barge await the imminent arrival of their occupants. The three-level ...

Reports have suggested that the Government is working on plans to set up large marquees in the UK to house migrants. The plans are said to currently still be in the early stages with the Home ...

Migrants who arrive over the English Channel in small boats could be forced to wear electronic tags under Home Office proposals. The idea, first mooted more than a year ago, has resurfaced as ...

London (CNN) — A barge on which the United Kingdom government plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers has been described as a “death trap” by the country’s Fire Brigades Union.