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Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford and Miriam Burrell

Bibby Stockholm barge costs taxpayers £22m amid calls for asylum seekers to be rehomed following death

More than £22 million has been spent on accommodation for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge so far, the Home Office’s top official revealed on Wednesday.

The "eye-watering" cost has been confirmed a day after a man was found dead on the vessel moored in Portland Port, Dorset, prompting calls for migrants to be moved off.

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